Brian William Mier (21 February 1935 – 12 September 2009) was an Australian politician. He was born in Footscray in

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to Edward Alexander Mier, a dispatch clerk, and Elsie Elizabeth, ''née'' Hunter. He attended local state schools and became an apprentice plumber in 1949. He underwent national service from 1954 to 1956, after which he joined the Labor Party and became an organiser with the Plumbers and Gasfitters Employees Union (PGEU). In 1960 he was secretary of the ALP's Footscray-Seddon branch, and he served as assistant secretary of the PGEU from 1970 to 1975. In 1975 he became a full-time organiser with the Labor Party, serving as acting state secretary in 1981 and secretary of the national industrial relations committee from 1980 to 1982. In 1982 he was elected to the

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in a by-election for the seat of

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. Mier served on numerous committees following his election, and in 1990 was appointed Minister for Prices, Aboriginal Affairs and

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. Less than a year later he stood down from the position, and he retired from politics in 1996. Mier died in 2009 in Melbourne.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mier, Brian 1935 births 2009 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Council 20th-century Australian politicians Ministers for Consumer Affairs (Victoria)