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Portrait of Jeremy Buckingham

Jeremy Buckingham

Legalise Cannabis Party · New South Wales · New South Wales Legislative Council · Statewide (NSW) · incumbent

Jeremy Buckingham was born on 22 November 1973 in Launceston, Tasmania, and spent his early life at the historic homestead "Hillgrove" near the Taroona Shot Tower site south of Hobart. He attended Taroona Primary, Taroona High School and graduated from The Hobart College, then worked as a benchman in a country sawmill before later completing an Advanced Diploma in Ecological Agriculture and Land Management at the University of Sydney in 2006, after a back injury left him unfit for heavy lifting. [source]

Sourced positions

A verified position is the member's own stated view or vote, supported by the listed sources. This page records public statements and conduct only — see methodology.

Drugs & law and order verified

Legalise Cannabis Party MLC and the party's first NSW member, elected 2023. A leading cannabis-reform advocate, he introduced the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Amendment (Regulation of Personal Adult Use of Cannabis) Bill 2023 in the Legislative Council on 29 November 2023, which would let adults possess small quantities of cannabis, cultivate up to six plants and gift cannabis to other adults (debate adjourned at second reading). He chaired Portfolio Committee No. 1's inquiry into the cannabis regulatory framework (appointed 20 March 2024); its final report (20 June 2025) called existing cannabis laws "unjust and ineffective" and recommended abolishing custodial sentences for minor possession and a staged move toward decriminalisation and legal regulated access.

Nuclear & uranium verified

Voted AYE on the second reading of the Uranium Mining and Nuclear Facilities (Prohibitions) Repeal Bill 2025 in the NSW Legislative Council on 6 May 2026 — i.e. voted to repeal NSW's 1986 ban on uranium mining and nuclear facilities. The bill passed 21–19 and was read a third time the same day.

Record last updated 2026-08-13.