User:Porturology/Radford Gamack

Radford Baird Gamack (1897 – 1979) was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1953 until 1959. He was a member of the Country Party.

Gamack was born in Rollands Plains near Telegraph Point, New South Wales and was the son of a farmer. He was educated to elementary level and became a dairy farmer. He became involved in community organizations in the Kempsey, New South Wales area including the Ambulance Board, co-operative dairy companies, the Kempsey Show society and the Pastures Protection Board. Gamack was elected as a Councillor on Hastings Shire Council between 1923 and 1944. He was the Shire President in 1923 and 1944. Gamack was elected to parliament as the Country Party member for Raleigh at the 1953 state election. He replaced the incumbent Country Party member Roy Vincent who had retired. Gamack was re-elected unopposed at the 1956 but lost the Country Party endorsement to Jim Brown at the 1959. He unsuccessfully contested the election as an independent and after his defeat he retired from public life. He did not hold party, parliamentary or ministerial office.