Donald Kilgour (born 16 April 1946) is a former
Australia
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n politician. He was the
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member for
Shepparton
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in the
Victorian Legislative Assembly
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from 1991 to 2002.
Kilgour was born in
Numurkah
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History
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,
Victoria
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, to Leonard Leslie Kilgour and Jean Venables. He was educated at
Katamatite Primary School, Numurkah High School and Lee Murray Radio College before becoming a radio announcer on
3UL Warragul
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in 1965. In 1967 he moved to
3SR Shepparton
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, where he was also studio manager. He married Cheryl Joan Cooper on 29 March 1969, with whom he had three children. In 1974 he became a sports commentator on both radio and television. In that year he also became active in the
Country Party as media manager for the state seat of
Shepparton
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and the federal seat of
Murray
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.
In 1991, Kilgour was selected as the National candidate to contest a by-election for the Shepparton seat, which had been vacated by
Peter Ross-Edwards
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. He was elected, and in 1992 became the National Party Whip in the
Victorian Legislative Assembly
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. Following the
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Formation
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's defeat in 1999, he became Secretary to the Shadow Cabinet. Kilgour retired in 2002.
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Kilgour was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 2018 Australia Day Honours, "For service to the people and Parliament of Victoria."]
Kilgour is the host of a podcast called
The Golden Days of Radio
in which he looks at the history of radio in the 1950s, 60s and 70s in Australia and its impact on society and culture.
References
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1946 births
Living people
National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria
Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
21st-century Australian politicians
Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia