Donald Kilgour (born 16 April 1946) is a former

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n politician. He was the

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member for

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in the

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from 1991 to 2002. Kilgour was born in

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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

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in 1965. In 1967 he moved to 3SR

, 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

and the federal seat of

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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

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. He was elected, and in 1992 became the National Party Whip in the

. Following the

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's defeat in 1999, he became Secretary to the Shadow Cabinet. Kilgour retired in 2002. 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.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kilgour, Don 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