David James Cunningham (born 31 March 1936) is a former Australian politician.
He was born in
Glen Huntly
Glen Huntly is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 11 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District,[Australian Workers' Union
The Australian Workers' Union (AWU) is one of Australia's largest and oldest trade unions. It traces its origins to unions founded in the pastoral and mining industries in the 1880s and currently has approximately 80,000 members. It has exerci ...]
. In 1980 he was elected to
Melton Shire Council, and he was also Vice-President of the Western Region Commission. A member of the
Labor Party, he was elected to 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 ...
in 1985 as the member for
Derrimut
Derrimut is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Brimbank Local government area. Derrimut recorded a population of 8,651 at the 2021 census.
Located on the l ...
, moving to
Melton in 1992. He retired in 1999.
References
1936 births
Living people
Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria
People from Glen Huntly, Victoria
Politicians from Melbourne
Trade unionists from Melbourne
20th-century Australian politicians
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