Q:Facts: - parliament: australian australian - birth name: laurie donald thomas ferguson - successor: john murphy - constituency mp: reid werriwa - party: australian labor party - predecessor: tom uren chris hayes - relations: jack -rrb- andrew ferguson -lrb- brother -rrb- ferguson -lrb- father -rrb- martin ferguson -lrb- brother - occupation: research officer - term end: 21 august 2010 - term start: 24 march 1990 21 august 2010 - birth date: 7 july 1952 - name: laurie ferguson - nationality: australian - birth place: sydney , new south wales , australia - alma mater: university of sydney Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of laurie ferguson .
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laurie donald thomas ferguson -lrb- born 7 july 1952 -rrb- , australian politician , has been an australian labor party member of the house of representatives since march 1990 , representing reid until 2010 and werriwa thereafter , both in new south wales .