William John Tilley (born 29 March 1963) is the
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member for the
seat of Benambra in the
Victorian Legislative Assembly
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. He was elected at the
2006 Victorian state election
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, beating
Labor
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candidate and
Wodonga
Wodonga
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mayor
Lisa Mahood and former
Nationals Upper House member
Bill Baxter.
Prior to his candidacy, Tilley served in the
Australian Army
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and then the
Victoria Police
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, Victoria Police had over 22,300 staff, comprising over 16,700 ...
.
Parliamentary career
Following the election of the
Baillieu government at the
2010 Victorian state election
The 2010 Victorian state election, held on Saturday, 27 November 2010, was for the 57th Parliament of Victoria. The election was to elect all 88 members of the Legislative Assembly and all 40 members of the Legislative Council. The incumbent c ...
, Tilley was appointed to be Parliamentary Secretary for Police. On 26 October 2011, the
Office of Police Integrity
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released a report into the resignation of Assistant Police Commissioner
Sir Ken Jones stating that Tilley had met with Sir Ken and Tristan Weston, a police officer on leave while acting as an advisor to the Police Minister
Peter Ryan, to complain about the then Police Commissioner
Simon Overland
Simon James Overland (born 19 March 1962)
2 March 2009, www.premier.vic.gov.au is the for ...
. As a result of the report, Tilley resigned as Parliamentary Secretary for Police.
References
External links
Parliamentary voting record of Bill Tilley at Victorian Parliament Tracker
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1963 births
Living people
Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria
Australian police officers
Australian Army officers
Politicians from Sydney
21st-century Australian politicians