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John McQuilten
John Martin McQuilten (10 November 1949 – 2 January 2015) was an Australian politician. Born in Sunshine, Victoria, Sunshine, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, he attended public schools at Aberfeldie, Victoria, Aberfeldie and Essendon, Victoria, Essendon before becoming a vigneron and business consultant. He was an executive of the Victorian Soft Drink Association and Vice-President of the Pyrenees Vignerons. In 1999, he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council as a Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch), Labor MLC for Ballarat Province. He served until 2006, when electoral reforms meant that he could not be found a seat. References 1949 births 2015 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Council 21st-century Australian politicians People from Sunshine, Victoria 20th-century Australian businesspeople Businesspeople from Melbourne Politicians from Melbourne {{Australia-Labor-Victoria-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunshine, Victoria
Sunshine is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Brimbank local government area. Sunshine recorded a population of 9,445 at the . Sunshine, initially a town just outside Melbourne, is today a residential suburb with a mix of period and post-War homes, with a town centre that is an important retail centre in Melbourne's west. It is also one of Melbourne's principal places of employment outside the CBD with many industrial companies situated in the area, and is an important public transport hub with both V/Line and Metro services at Sunshine railway station and its adjacent major bus interchange. History 19th century The farms and settlements in the area now known as Sunshine first came under the Sunshine Road District (1860–1871) which later became the Shire of Braybrook (1871–1951). From 1860 to 1885 the only railway which passed through the area was the Bendigo line and the only railwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
