Please answer the following question: 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 .