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Minister For Water (Victoria)
The Minister for Water is a minister within the Executive Council of Victoria. Ministers See also * Minister for the Environment and Water (Australia) ** Minister for Water (Western Australia) ** Minister for Water (New South Wales) Reference list {{VictoriaAU-gov-stub Victoria State Government Water Water (chemical formula ) is an inorganic, transparent, tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless chemical substance, which is the main constituent of Earth's hydrosphere and the fluids of all known living organisms (in which it acts as a ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harriet Shing
Harriet Shing (born 17 October 1976) is an Australian politician. She is a Labor member of the Victorian Legislative Council, having represented the Eastern Victoria Region since 2014. Shing is the first openly lesbian member of the Parliament of Victoria. She is also a member of the Labor Left The Labor Left, also known as the Progressive Left or Socialist Left, is political faction of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). It competes with the more economically liberal Labor Right faction. The Labor Left operates autonomously in each s ... faction of the Labor Party. In June 2022, Shing was appointed minister for equality, regional development and water. This made her Victoria’s first cabinet minister with a Chinese background, and along with Steve Dimopoulos, became one of Victoria's first openly gay frontbenchers. References External links Parliamentary voting record of Harriet Shing at Victorian Parliament Tracker Living people Australian Labor Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Graham (Victorian Politician)
George Graham (16 August 1838 – 22 July 1922), was a farmer and politician in colonial Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, as Minister of Minister for Water (Victoria), Water Supply 1890–1893. Biography Graham was born in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland, the son of George Graham, farmer, and his wife Ellen, ''née'' Hardy. Graham was returned to the Electoral district of Moira, district of Moira in the Victorian Legislative Assembly in June 1884. Graham held this seat until its abolition in March 1889. He was then elected for the new Electoral district of Numurkah and Nathalia, Numurkah and Nathalia district in April 1889, which he held until May 1904 when it was abolished. In November 1890 he accepted office in James Munro (Australian politician), James Munro's Government as Minister of Minister for Water (Victoria), Water Supply (5 November 1890 – 23 January 1893), and was sworn of the Executive Council. Graham then represented Electoral district of Goulbur ... [...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] |
William Plain
William Plain (11 March 1868 – 14 October 1961) was a Scottish-born Australian politician. Born in Scotland, to James and Christina (née Naismith) Plain, where he was educated, he migrated to Australia in 1890, where he became a farm worker and gold miner at Lara, Victoria. In 1908, he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the Labor member for Geelong. He was also President of the Board of Land and Works and Commissioner of Crown Lands and Survey in 1913, as well as Minister for Water Supply and Agriculture. He left the Labor Party in the wake of the 1916 split over conscription, joining the Nationalist Party. In 1917, he left the Assembly to contest the Australian Senate as a Nationalist candidate for Victoria. He was defeated in 1922, but was re-elected in 1925; he was appointed early to the Senate after the death of Edward Russell. Plain served as Chairman of Committees from 1926 to 1932. In 1931 he joined the new United Australia Party. He was defeated i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberal Party (Australia, 1909)
The Liberal Party was a parliamentary party in Australian federal politics between 1909 and 1917. The party was founded under Alfred Deakin's leadership as a merger of the Protectionist Party and Anti-Socialist Party, an event known as the Fusion. The creation of the party marked the emergence of a two-party system, replacing the unstable multi-party system that arose after Federation of Australia, Federation in 1901. The first three Elections in Australia, federal elections produced hung parliaments, with the Protectionists, Free Traders, and Australian Labor Party (ALP) forming a series of minority governments. Free Trade leader George Reid envisioned an anti-socialism, anti-socialist alliance of liberals and conservatives, rebranding his party accordingly, and his views were eventually adopted by his Protectionist counterpart Deakin. Objections towards Reid saw Deakin take the lead in coordinating the merger. The Fusion was controversial, with some of his Radicalism (histori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Downward
Alfred Downward (1847 – 26 June 1930) was an Australian politician. Born in Melbourne to Edward and Elizabeth Downward, he was educated at Prahran and Mornington before working on his father's Balnarring sheep farm. From 1874, he had his own property and was highly involved in settlement on the Mornington Peninsula. In 1879, he married Josephine Kerr at Hawthorn, with whom he had five children. He was a member of Flinders and Kangerong Shire Council for twenty-five years, serving as president from 1890 to 1892, and was also a Mornington Shire Councillor and president. He was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Mornington in 1894, serving until 1929. He was Minister for Water Supply and Agriculture (1908–09), Minister for Mines, Forests and Public Health Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and privat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Swinburne
George Swinburne (3 February 1861 – 4 September 1928) was an Australian engineer, politician and philanthropist. He founded the institution which later became Swinburne University of Technology. Alison Patrick,Swinburne, George (1861–1928), ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', Vol. 12, MUP, 1990, pp 150–152. Early life Swinburne was born at Paradise, near Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, son of Mark William Swinburne, and his wife Jane ''née'' Coates. Mark Swinburne was a draughtsman in the Armstrong works at Elswick, working for a salary of 27s. a week. Later Mark Swiburne established his own business in 1892 as a brass-founder, engineer and coppersmith. Mark married Jane in 1860. George Swinburne was educated at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle, and in 1874 became apprenticed to chemical merchants, J. Williamson & Co. After completing his apprenticeship he became a clerk in the same business (1880–82), and studied engineering in the evening, shorthand and Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald McLeod (Victorian State Politician)
Donald McLeod (1837 – 8 July 1923), was an Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. McLeod was born in Caithness, Scotland and arrived in Australia in 1847. In November 1900 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Daylesford, a seat he held until his death. McLeod was Minister without Portfolio from June 1902 to February 1904; Minister of Mines and of Forests from 16 Feb 1904 to 8 January 1909; Minister of Water Supply from March to April 1904, Chief Secretary and Minister of Public Health from November 1915 to November 1917. He was a member of the Railways Electrification committee 1912 and was chairman of the Electricity Supply committee 1922. McLeod died in Middle Park, Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Citizens' Reform League
The National Citizens' Reform League was formed in Melbourne in April 1902. It sought to reduce the size of the Victorian government, following the recent creation of the Australian Government. Its cause attracted those opposed to the Australian Labor Party and the Alexander Peacock led group of Liberal Party supporters. Within one month it had 90 branches. Its leader, William Irvine, soon replaced Premier Peacock in June and went on to win the 1902 Victorian state election in October. Within six months of its founding, the League had over 15,000 members. The League's cause was greatly progressed by the passing of the Constitution Act 1903 (also known as the "Constitution Reform Act"). Its changes included reducing the number of seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 95 to 67, and those in the Legislative Council from 48 to 35. Irvine retired from the role of Premier in February 1904, being replaced by the similarly minded Thomas Bent. He contested the 1904 Victor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ewen Hugh Cameron
Ewen Hugh Cameron (24 July 1831 – 27 September 1915) was a builder, store-keeper and politician in colonial Victoria (state of Victoria post 1901), member for Evelyn in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1874 to 1914. Born in Kilmonivaig, Inverness-shire, Scotland, the son of Donald and Ann Cameron, Ewen Cameron arrived in Melbourne in 1853 and was engaged in the building industry with his brothers. He was a storekeeper at Anderson's Creek and Caledonia gold-diggings, a postmaster at Warrandyte Warrandyte is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 24 km north-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Manningham local government area. Warrandyte recorded a population of 5,541 at the . Warrandyt ... in 1857 and farmed at Kangaroo Ground from 1860. Cameron was a member of the Castlemaine mining board and Eltham road board. He was the inaugural Eltham shire president in 1871 and president again later several times. Cameron was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Burton (Australian Politician)
John Burton may refer to: Religion *John Burton (archdeacon of Cleveland) (fl. 1685–1700), Anglican priest *John Burton (minister) (1760–1838), Nova Scotia Baptist minister * John Burton (provost) (fl. 1871–1885), Episcopalian Provost of St Ninian's Cathedral, Perth Sports * John Burton (canoeist) (born 1947), American slalom canoer *John Burton (footballer, born 1863) (1863–1914), English footballer with Aston Villa *John Burton (footballer, born 1875) (1875–1949), English footballer with Derby County, Tottenham, Preston North End, West Ham. *John Burton (footballer, born 1885) (1885–1938), English footballer with West Ham United, Birmingham and Cardiff City * John Burton (golfer) (1903–1973), English golfer * John Burton (Kent cricketer) (1837–1887) * John Burton (sportsman) (1925–2010), New Zealand cricketer and rugby union player *John C. Burton (1923–2014), American cross country skier Politics * John Burton (fl.1376-1390) (died by 1395), MP for Nottinghams ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister Of Mines (Victoria)
The Minister of Mines was a former ministry portfolio within the Executive Council of Victoria Executive ( exe., exec., execu.) may refer to: Role or title * Executive, a senior management role in an organization ** Chief executive officer (CEO), one of the highest-ranking corporate officers (executives) or administrators ** Executive dire .... Ministers Reference list Victoria State Government Minister of Mines {{VictoriaAU-gov-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
