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Libertarian NSW Legislative Council

# John Ruddick

Legislative Council member for [New South Wales](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw-council/new-south-wales) 

About

## About John Ruddick

John Ruddick is a Libertarian member of the New South Wales Legislative Council, representing New South Wales. He was declared elected on 20 April 2023 and is the first member of the NSW Libertarian Party elected to the NSW Parliament. He was previously a member of the Liberal Party for over twenty-five years.

Term expires

7 March 2031

Previous party

Liberal Party, over twenty-five years

Joined Liberal Democrats

2021, later renamed Libertarian Party in 2024

Role

President, Digital Freedom Project, as of November 2025

Business

Director, JR Mortgages, started 2020

Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%5FRuddick), plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026.

Ads

## What John Ruddick spends on ads

Facebook and Instagram ads from their page, as published in Meta's Ad Library.

We follow John Ruddick's Facebook page but haven't seen a paid ad from it yet.

[See this page in Meta's Ad Library](https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?active%5Fstatus=all&ad%5Ftype=political%5Fand%5Fissue%5Fads&country=AU&view%5Fall%5Fpage%5Fid=101719048875027) 

Party and seat checked against Wikipedia's list of members of the NSW Legislative Council on 11 November 2026\.

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