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Electoral District Of Ringwood (Victoria)
The electoral district of Ringwood is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, located in the east of Melbourne. It was first proclaimed in 1958 and was abolished in 1992. Some of Ringwood was included in the new electoral district of Bayswater that year. Kay Setches, the last member for Ringwood, contested and lost Bayswater at the 1992 election. The electorate was created again in the 2013 redistribution of electoral boundaries that took effect at the 2014 state election. The new district largely replaces the abolished district of Mitcham, covering suburbs along the eastern parts of the Maroondah Highway. The abolished district of Mitcham was held by Liberal MP Dee Ryall, who lost the seat in a big swing against her in 2018. As of the 2022 Victorian state election, the seat contains the suburbs of Heathmont, Mitcham, Nunawading, Ringwood East, most of Ringwood, and parts of Blackburn, Blackburn North, Donvale, Forest Hill, and Vermont. The district's bou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Fowles
Will Fowles (born 27 July 1978) is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since November 2018, representing the seat of Burwood in Melbourne's Eastern suburbs. Ahead of the 2022 Victorian state election, the seat of Burwood was abolished by Victoria's Electoral Boundaries Commission, leading Fowles to stand for the seat of Ringwood, where he resides with his family. During his time in office, Fowles has voiced support for growing social housing and mental health reform. He is a member of the Legislative Assembly Environment and Planning Committee and has a small business background extending from hospitality to finance, property and strategic communication. Early life and education Fowles was born in 1978 and grew up in Hawthorn. His father was a business owner and his mother was a primary school teacher, who has since retrained as a nurse. He attended Saint Joseph's Primary School and then Scotch College. He has three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackburn, Victoria
Blackburn is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Whitehorse local government area. Blackburn recorded a population of 14,478 at the 2021 census. The origin of the name Blackburn is not certain, but may have been after an early settler or James Blackburn, who designed Yan Yean Reservoir. It lies within the City of Whitehorse, in Melbourne's eastern suburbs. Blackburn is bounded in the west by Middleborough Road, in the north by Springfield Road, in the east by an irregular line along streets to the east of Blackburn Lake Sanctuary - known as the Bellbird area - and in the south by Canterbury Road. History Europeans first settled the area of Blackburn in the 1841s. The area was densely wooded, though orchards and small farms were soon developed. In 1861 the Traveller's Rest Hotel was built on the current site of the Blackburn Hotel. Blackburn Creek Post Office opened on 10 January 1876 and w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dustin Halse
Dustin Raffaele Halse (born 3 May 1985) is a former Australian politician. He was a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from November 2018 to November 2022, representing the seat of Ringwood. On 24 November 2021, Halse shared publicly that he would not be recontesting his seat in the 2022 Victorian state election. Early life/education Halse was born in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne on 3 May 1985. He completed high school at Trinity College, Perth, before later being educated at Monash University, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and Master of International Development and Environmental Analysis. He was awarded a PhD from Swinburne University of Technology in political and labour history in 2015. He wrote his doctoral thesis on the history of Victorian public service unionism, titled, 'From Servants to Citizens'. In 2013, Halse was awarded the inaugural Sam Merrifield prize by the Melbourne Branch of the Labour History Society for his art ... [...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] |
1976 Victorian State Election
The 1976 Victorian state election, held on Saturday, 20 March 1976, was for the 47th 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. Since the previous election, there was an increase in the number of members of the Legislative Assembly by 8 and in the number of Council members by 8, though only 4 were elected at the 1976 election. Since the last election, the number of Legislative Assembly members was increased from 73 to 81 and the number of seats in the Legislative Council was increased from 36 to 44. The incumbent Liberal government led by Rupert Hamer Sir Rupert James Hamer, (29 July 1916 – 23 March 2004), generally known until he was knighted in 1982 as Dick Hamer, was an Australian Liberal Party politician who served as the 39th Premier of Victoria from 1972 to 1981. Early years Hamer ... was returned with an increased majority. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter McArthur (Australian Politician)
Peter Stewart McArthur (27 September 1937 – 2 February 2017) was an Australian politician and broadcaster. He worked for the ABC as broadcaster, and Channel 2 as a newsreader, weatherman and interviewer. At Radio 3LO, he was a weekend breakfast presenter and sports panelist. He co-founded 3ECB Radio Eastern 98.1 FM in 1991 and continued as a presenter and EFL Sports announcer with them till his death. He was born in Brighton to woolclasser Stewart Campbell McArthur and Phyllis Marguerite Darling. He was educated at Haileybury College and also at Upwey, Albury and Camberwell. In 1960 he worked as a radio announcer in Ballarat, and after a stint overseas spent two years in Hobart. In 1964 he became a newsreader for the ABC, working in both television and radio. On 21 November 1966 he married Margaret Ann Yeoman; they had two children. From 1970 to 1976 he was a Councillor on Croydon City Council, serving as mayor from 1974 to 1975. In 1976 he was elected to the Victorian Legi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973 Victorian State Election
The 1973 Victorian state election, held on Saturday, 19 May 1973, was for the 46th Parliament of Victoria. It was held in the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victoria (Australia), Victoria to elect the 73 members of the state's Victorian Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly and 18 members of the 36-member Victorian Legislative Council, Legislative Council. Rupert Hamer succeeded Henry Bolte as Premier of Victoria on 23 August 1972. In 1972 a federal Labor government was elected, the first Labor government in 23 years. The incumbent Liberal government in Victoria led by Hamer was returned at the election with an increased vote of about 5%, largely at the expense of the Democratic Labor Party (historical), Democratic Labor Party. Results Legislative Assembly Legislative Council Seats changing hands * The result for Greensborough was overturned by the Court of Disputed Returns and a 1973 Greensborough state by-election, by- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Lacy
Norman Henry Lacy (born 25 October 1941) is a former Australian politician, who was a Victorian Government Minister from May 1979 to April 1982 who grew up in Richmond, Victoria and three times represented his state at national under age basketball championships. He completed university degrees in theology, sociology and management science and had a diverse career that included periods as an apprenticed plumber, an Anglican priest, a liberal parliamentarian, a management educator and an information technology industry executive. He was President of ''Self Employed Australia'' (formerly '' Independent Contractors Australia'') from 2008 until 2018. He is retired and lives in Wye River, Victoria. As Minister for the Arts from 1979-82 Norman Lacy was responsible for the construction of the ''Victorian Arts Centre'' (and the design of its management structure); the establishment of the ''Australian Children's Television Foundation''; the creation of '' Film Victoria'' and the reconst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1958 Victorian State Election
Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 31 May 1958 to elect the 66 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. This was the last time Assembly elections were held separately from those for the Legislative Council. The Liberal and Country Party (LCP) government of Premier Henry Bolte won a second term in office. Results Legislative Assembly Seats changing party representation There was a redistribution across Victoria prior to this election. The seat changes are as follows. Abolished seats New seats Seats changing hands See also * Candidates of the 1958 Victorian state election *1958 Victorian Legislative Council election Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 21 June 1958 to elect 17 of the 34 members of the state's Legislative Council for six year terms. MLCs were elected in single-member provinces using preferential voting. This wa ... References {{Victorian elections 1958 elections i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Manson (politician)
James Williamson Manson (31 March 1908 – 30 August 1974) was a Scottish-born Australian politician. He was born in Glasgow to drapery buyer Andrew Manson and Margaret Cranston Williamson Minto. He was educated in Scotland and worked for the cotton manufacturers J. & P. Coats Ltd, settling in Sydney in 1935. He served in the military during World War II, and on 12 September 1942 married Daphne Ruby Haines, with whom he had four children. He moved to Victoria, where he was public relations officer for the Liberal Party from 1949 to 1955. In 1955 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Hawthorn, transferring to Ringwood in 1958. He was cabinet secretary from 1964 to 1965, a minister without portfolio from September to December 1965, Minister for State Development from 1965 to 1970, and Minister for Tourism from February to June 1970. Manson retired in 1973 and died at Heathmont Heathmont is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 24 km east of Mel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Warrandyte
The electoral district of Warrandyte is an Australian electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is an outer metropolitan electorate and contains the suburbs of Park Orchards, Ringwood North, Warrandyte, Warrandyte North, Warrandyte South, Warranwood, Wonga Park, most of Donvale, and parts of Chirnside Park, Doncaster East, and Ringwood. Warrandyte was originally a marginal seat, being held by the Liberal Party from the creation of the electorate at the 1976 election until it lost government at the 1982 election. The seat was then Labor-held until the 1988 election, when Phil Honeywood became the only Liberal to win a seat from Labor. Honeywood made the seat very secure for the Liberals, to the extent that he comfortably held the seat at the 2002 election, despite over half of his Legislative Assembly colleagues losing their seats. Honeywood became Deputy Leader of the Opposition, before retiring at the 2006 election. Fellow Liberal, Ryan Smith, eas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ringwood North, Victoria
Ringwood North is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 24 km east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Cities of Manningham and Maroondah local government areas. Ringwood North recorded a population of 9,964 at the 2021 census. The suburb is mostly located within the City of Maroondah, with a small part in the north west of the suburb being located within the City of Manningham. It is bounded on the south by Loughnan, Warrandyte and Wonga Roads (these roads flow into one another continuously). Glenvale Road forms the westernmost boundary in the southern part of the suburb, with the Warrandyte-Ringwood Road forming the western boundary at the northern end of the suburb. The eastern and northern boundaries follow property lines, rather than roads. Ringwood North Post Office opened on 9 August 1920, in the then rural area. Ringwood North has its own shopping centre and also has plenty of parklands and reserves nearby without being excessiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
