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Candidates Of The 1982 Victorian State Election
The 1982 Victorian state election was held on 3 April 1982. Retiring Members Labor *Dolph Eddy MLC (Thomastown) * Bon Thomas MLC ( Melbourne West) *Ivan Trayling MLC (Melbourne) * John Walton MLC ( Melbourne North) Liberal *Jim Balfour MLA (Narracan) *Hayden Birrell MLA (Geelong West) *Roberts Dunstan MLA (Dromana) *Geoff Hayes MLA (Wantirna) *Aurel Smith MLA (South Barwon) *Murray Hamilton MLC ( Higinbotham) National *Tom Trewin MLA (Benalla) Legislative Assembly Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used. Legislative Council Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used. References Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive {{Government of Victoria Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1982 Victorian State Election
The 1982 Victorian state election, held on Saturday, 3 April 1982, was for the 49th Parliament of Victoria. It was held in the Australian state of Victoria to elect 81 members of the state's Legislative Assembly and 22 members of the 44-member Legislative Council. Lindsay Thompson succeeded Rupert Hamer as Liberal Party leader and Premier on 5 June 1981, and John Cain Jr. replaced Frank Wilkes Frank Noel Wilkes (16 June 1922 – 20 August 2015) was an Australian politician who served as the Leader of the Labor Opposition in Victoria from 1977 to 1981. Early life Wilkes was born in Melbourne and educated at Northcote Primary and Se ... as Labor Party leader in September 1981. The incumbent Liberal government led by Lindsay Thompson was defeated by the Labor Party led by John Cain with a swing of 17 seats. The ALP returned to government in Victoria for the first time in 27 years. Results Legislative Assembly Legislative Council Seats changing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aurel Smith
Aurel Vernon Smith (20 June 1915 – 6 February 2011) was an Australian politician. Aurel was born in Geelong to wool merchant William Smith and Ruby Emily Young, he was the eldest child with a younger brother Collin Smith. A keen yachtsman, he would spend weekends competing for the Royal Geelong Yacht Club winning numerous titles Phoenix Wool Company Pty Ltd. He was a director of various other companies including J. C. Taylor and Sons Pty Ltd, Coca-Cola Bottlers (Geelong) Pty Ltd, Smith Wool Co., Warrangee Pty Ltd, Ceres Lookout Estate Pty Ltd. Aurel enlisted and served during World War II firstly in the Middle East, then to New Guinea and Borneo. He attained the rank of major (rank), major for 2/2 Australian Anti Aircraft Regiment. A founding member of the Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division), Liberal Party, he was president of the Geelong branch and chairman of the Western Area finance committee. In 1967 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Ascot Vale
Ascot Vale was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. Ascot Vale was created in the 1955 electoral district redistribution; several districts, including Electoral district of Essendon, were abolished in 1955. The district of Essendon was re-created in 1958 and Ascot Vale abolished. Ascot Vale was then re-created in 1976 after several districts, including Electoral district of Moonee Ponds Electoral district of Moonee Ponds was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, Briti ... were abolished that year. Members Election results References Former electoral districts of Victoria (Australia) 1955 establishments in Australia 1958 disestablishments in Australia 1976 establishments in Australia 1985 disestablishments in Australia {{VictoriaAU-gov-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reg Macey
Reg Macey (9 December 1936 – 30 January 24) was an Australian politician. Life and career Macey was born in Melbourne to Reginald George Gordon and Nelly Gwendoline Macey, and trained as a teacher. He taught in technical Schools from 1957 until 1968. While on a teaching scholarship, he taught part-time at a primary School in 1969 and again in 1972. In his other teaching years, he was seconded to the Victoria Police, and was an education officer there for 12 years. On 18 May 1963, he married Patricia Anne Martin, with whom he had three children: Leah, Martina, and Keiran. Their marriage was dissolved in 1987 and, on 29 October 1988, Macey married Maureen Griffiths, with whom he had a son, Griffith Macey. The couple separated in 2004. Macey married Chutikarn Pinnaimueang in Phuket in 2005 and supported her 2 children. Macey was a commissioner of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works from 1974 to 1978, and area commissioner from 1978 to 1981 and 1984 to 1985. He was a S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bunna Walsh
Ronald William "Bunna" Walsh (20 June 1933 - 30 March 2022) was a former Australian politician. He was born in Port Melbourne to labourer William John Joseph Walsh and Amy Lydia. He attended state schools and became a waterside worker in 1954. Having joined the Labor Party in 1960, he was an official with the Waterside Workers Federation from 1964 to 1979 and also served as president of the ALP's South Melbourne branch. In 1970 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council for Melbourne West, but his election was declared void later that year because of an old criminal conviction in the Children's Court. Walsh was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly in 1979 as the member for Albert Park. He was government whip from 1982 to 1985 and then moved to the frontbench, holding the portfolios of Public Works (1985–87), Housing and Construction (1987–88), Property and Services (1988–90) and Water Resources Water resources are natural resources of wate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Albert Park
The electoral district of Albert Park is one of the electoral districts of Victoria, Australia, for the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers an area of in inner suburban Melbourne, and includes the suburbs of Albert Park, Middle Park, Port Melbourne, St Kilda West, Southbank, South Melbourne, South Wharf, and parts of St Kilda. It lies within the Southern Metropolitan Region of the upper house, the Legislative Council. It was first proclaimed in 1889, and has been held by the Labor Party without interruption since the 1950 election. John Thwaites was the member from 1992 to 2007, serving as deputy leader of Victorian Labor from 1996 to 2007 and as Deputy Premier of Victoria from 1999 to 2007. He and Premier Steve Bracks, the member for neighbouring Williamstown, both resigned on 30 July 2007. A by-election was held on 15 September 2007, which resulted in Martin Foley Martin "The Viper" Foley (born 24 November 1952) is a well-known Irish criminal. He rose f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Democrats
The Australian Democrats is a centrist political party in Australia. Founded in 1977 from a merger of the Australia Party and the New Liberal Movement, both of which were descended from Liberal Party dissenting splinter groups, it was Australia's largest minor party from its formation in 1977 through to 2004 and frequently held the balance of power in the Senate during that time. The Democrats' inaugural leader was Don Chipp, a former Liberal cabinet minister, who famously promised to "keep the bastards honest". At the 1977 federal election, the Democrats polled 11.1 percent of the Senate vote and secured two seats. The party would retain a presence in the Senate for the next 30 years, at its peak (between 1999 and 2002) holding nine out of 76 seats, though never securing a seat in the lower house. Due to the party's numbers in the Senate, both Liberal and Labor governments required the assistance of the Democrats to pass contentious legislation. Ideologically, the Democrats w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Party Of Australia – Victoria
The National Party of Australia – Victoria is a political party in Victoria, which forms the state branch of the federal Nationals. Historically, it represented graziers, farmers and rural voters. However, the modern National Party no longer represents these traditional interests; shifting its focus to support the mining industry and as a result, ignoring the challenges faced by rural communities and farmers struggling with the effects of climate change and mining practices such as fracking. The Victorian Farmer's Union formed in 1914 was the precursor to the Victorian Country Party, later the Nationals. The party, commonly referred to as "The Nationals," is presently the junior partner in a centre-right Coalition with the Liberal Party, forming a joint Opposition bench. During periods of conservative government, the leader also serves as Deputy Premier of Victoria. Name The candidates sponsored by the Victorian Farmers' Union initially used the same name but in parliament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberal Party Of Australia (Victorian Division)
The Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division), branded as Liberal Victoria, and commonly known as the Victorian Liberals, is the state division of the Liberal Party of Australia in Victoria. It was formed in 1949 as the Liberal and Country Party (LCP), and simplified its name to the Liberal Party in 1965. There was a previous Victorian division of the Liberal Party when the Liberal Party was formed in 1945, but it ceased to exist and merged to form the LCP in March 1949. History Background Robert Menzies, who was the Prime Minister of Australia between 1939 and 1941, founded the Liberal Party during a conference held in Canberra in October 1944, uniting many non-Labor political organisations, including the United Australia Party (UAP) and the Australian Women's National League (AWNL). The UAP was a major conservative party in Australia and last governed Victoria between May 1932 and April 1935 under Stanley Argyle's leadership. Argyle lost premiership when the UAP's co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch)
The Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch), commonly known as Victorian Labor, is the semi-autonomous Victorian branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). The Victorian branch comprises two major wings: the parliamentary wing and the organisational wing. The parliamentary wing comprising all elected party members in the Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council, which when they meet collectively constitute the party caucus. The parliamentary leader is elected from and by the caucus, and party factions have a strong influence in the election of the leader. The leader's position is dependent on the continuing support of the caucus (and party factions) and the leader may be deposed by failing to win a vote of confidence of parliamentary members. By convention, the premier sits in the Legislative Assembly, and is the leader of the party controlling a majority in that house. The party leader also typically is a member of the Assembly, though this is not a strict party constitu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Benalla
Benalla was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. The electorate covered a rural area of 17,120 km², and included the towns of Benalla, Bright, Eildon, Euroa, Mansfield, Mount Beauty, Murchison, Myrtleford, Nagambie and Violet Town. The electorate had a population of 47,675 as of the 2006 census, with 36,987 enrolled electors in the 2010 state election. The seat was created in 1904. Historically a staunchly conservative rural district, it was held by conservative members for most of its history. It was held by various early conservative parties throughout the early 20th century, but became safe for the rural conservative National Party, which held the seat for all but nine years from 1920 to 2000. This trend was briefly and unexpectedly broken in a 2000 by-election caused by the resignation of long-time National Party leader and former Deputy Premier Pat McNamara. In a major upset, Denise Allen became the first Labor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Trewin
Thomas Campion Trewin (9 October 1914 – 14 July 1992) was an Australian politician. He was born in Benalla to farmer Percy Charles Trewin and schoolteacher Ellen Alice Bradbury. Educated at Goorambat and Benalla, he became a farmer at Devenish. On 23 March 1940 he married Eliza May Martin; they had four children. Active in both the local community and the local Country Party, he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly in 1961 as the member for Benalla Benalla is a small city located on the Broken River gateway to the High Country north-eastern region of Victoria, Australia, about north east of the state capital Melbourne. At the the population was 10,822. It is the administrative cent .... He served until his retirement in 1982. Trewin died in 1992. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Trewin, Tom 1914 births 1992 deaths National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly 20th-century Aus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
