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John Wilton (Australian Politician)
John Wilton (Penguin, Tasmania, 31 January 1925 – 13 October 2002) was the member for Broadmeadows in the Victorian Legislative Assembly The Victorian Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria in Australia; the upper house being the Victorian Legislative Council. Both houses sit at Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne. The presiding ... from 1962 to 1985. He was a member of the Labor Party. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Wilton, John Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria 1925 births 2002 deaths People from Tasmania 20th-century Australian politicians People from Penguin, Tasmania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Broadmeadows
The electoral district of Broadmeadows is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers an area of in outer northern Melbourne, and includes the suburbs of Broadmeadows, Victoria, Broadmeadows, Campbellfield, Victoria, Campbellfield, Coolaroo, Victoria, Coolaroo, Dallas, Victoria, Dallas, Fawkner, Victoria, Fawkner, Jacana, Victoria, Jacana and Meadow Heights, Victoria, Meadow Heights. It also includes parts of Glenroy, Victoria, Glenroy, Roxburgh Park, Victoria, Roxburgh Park, Somerton, Victoria, Somerton and Westmeadows, Victoria, Westmeadows. It lies within the Northern Metropolitan Region of the upper house, the Victorian Legislative Council, Legislative Council. The seat was created in 1955, and though it was initially won by Liberal and Country member Harry Kane (politician), Harry Kane, has been a safe Labor seat for most of its history. Kane held the seat until his death in 1962, and was succeeded by Labor backbenchers John Wilton (Australian politician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victorian Legislative Assembly
The Victorian Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria in Australia; the upper house being the Victorian Legislative Council. Both houses sit at Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne. The presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly is the Speaker. There are presently 88 members of the Legislative Assembly elected from single-member divisions. History Victoria was proclaimed a Colony on 1 July 1851 separating from the Colony of New South Wales by an act of the British Parliament. The Legislative Assembly was created on 13 March 1856 with the passing of the ''Victorian Electoral Bill'', five years after the creation of the original unicameral Legislative Council. The Assembly first met on 21 November 1856, and consisted of sixty members representing thirty-seven multi and single-member electorates. On the Federation of Australia on 1 January 1901, the Parliament of Victoria continued except that the colony was now called a state. I ... [...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] |
Parliament Of Victoria
The Parliament of Victoria is the bicameral legislature of the Australian state of Victoria that follows a Westminster-derived parliamentary system. It consists of the King, represented by the Governor of Victoria, the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council. It has a fused executive drawn from members of both chambers. The parliament meets at Parliament House in the state capital Melbourne. The current Parliament was elected on 26 November 2022, sworn in on 20 December 2022 and is the 60th parliament in Victoria. The two Houses of Parliament have 128 members in total, 88 in the Legislative Assembly (lower house) and 40 in the Legislative Council (upper house). Victoria has compulsory voting and uses instant-runoff voting in single-member seats for the Legislative Assembly, and single transferable vote in multi-member seats for the proportionally represented Legislative Council. The council is described as a house of review. Majorities in the Legislative Council a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The Victorian Legislative Assembly
{{{Use dmy dates, date=June 2015 {{Use Australian English, date=June 2015 The following are lists of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly: * Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1856–1859 * Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1859–1861 * Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1861–1864 * Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1864–1865 * Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1866–1867 * Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1868–1871 * Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1871–1874 * Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1874–1877 * Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1877–1880 * Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1880–1880 * Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1880–1883 * Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1883–1886 * Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1886–1889 * Members of the Victorian Legislative Assem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
