residence website predecessor parliament birth_place constituency_mp party nationality term_start majority spouse article_title name
cessnock , new south wales -lsb- http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/members.nsf/c8a9b0fc61cd9910ca256e7c000acca0/46a28fd1c913397dca257860007b097e?opendocument parliamentary webpage -rsb- kerry hickey new south wales cessnock , new south wales cessnock australian labor party australian 26 march 2011 4.4 points lisa clayton barr
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clayton barr

clayton gordon barr mp , an australian politician , is a member of the new south wales legislative assembly representing cessnock for the australian labor party since 2011 .
prior to entering parliament , barr was a teacher , having gained his bachelor of education at the university of newcastle in 1993 and teaching at mount view high school until 2003 .
he then worked with canteen -- a children 's cancer charity -- until 2009 , before a short stint in the office of kerry hickey , mp .
from late 2009 until 2011 , barr was employed by the port stephens council .
in january 2011 , barr received a threat in the mail aimed at his pregnant wife and children .
his wife opened the letter which said : `` clay pulls out or i start shooting kids . ''
barr reported the threat to the nsw police .
