Frank McGuire (born 16 June 1957) is an Australian politician representing 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 presidin ...

seat of

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for the Labor Party since the 2011 Broadmeadows by-election. McGuire was a journalist, political adviser, and business consultant prior to entering politics.

Journalism

Prior to becoming a politician, McGuire was a journalist and the winner of two

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for excellence in journalism. The first was in 1993, when he won the investigative report award for a segment called 'Deadly Force' that screened on ABC TV's '' Four Corners'' program in May 1992. In 2007, he won with fellow journalist Adam Shand, for a report on Nine Network's ''Sunday'' program, called "Force within a force" which was about alleged police corruption. McGuire's experience includes being a news reporter at the Melbourne ''Herald'' (1976–1984); reporter/producer/deputy chief-of-staff on ''Ten News'' (1986–1990). He was a current affairs investigative and political reporter on '' The 7.30 Report'' (1990–91) and on Four Corners (1992–93).

Local government taskforce

In 1999, McGuire was the founding chair of the

City of Hume The City of Hume is a local government area located within the metropolitan area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It includes the outer north-western suburbs and a number of rural localities between 13 and 40 kilometres from the Melbourne c ...

's ''Hume Safe City Taskforce,'' and served until 2004..

Political career

McGuire has served in several Parliamentary Secretary roles, including the Medical Research, Small Business, and Innovation portfolios. In December 2021 he lost Labor preselection for the

2022 Victorian state election The 2022 Victorian state election was held on Saturday, 26 November 2022 to elect the 60th Parliament of Victoria. All 88 seats in the Legislative Assembly (lower house) and all 40 seats in the Legislative Council (upper house) were up for el ...

. He was succeeded by Kathleen Matthews-Ward.

Honours and awards

*Walkley Award, 1993 and 2007 *Human Rights Television News and Current Affair Award, 1995 *Rotary International Paul Harris Fellow, 2003 *Hume City Council Award, 2010

Personal life

McGuire was raised in Broadmeadows and lives in the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy. McGuire and his brother, media personality and ex- Collingwood Football Club president,

Eddie McGuire Edward Joseph McGuire AM (born 29 October 1964) is an Australian television presenter, journalist and Australian Football League commentator. He is also an occasional '' Herald Sun'' newspaper columnist. He hosts Channel Nine’s Millionai ...

, were educated at Christian Brothers College in St Kilda on a scholarship. McGuire is a keen follower of

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football team,

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."Lunch with Frank McGuire"
''14 September 2013.'' Retrieved 15 September 2013. McGuire has three children."Parliament of Victoria"
''2 September 2013.'' Retrieved 15 September 2013.

References

External links

* ttp://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/members/id/1728 Member of Victorian Parliament
Personal web site
{{DEFAULTSORT:McGuire, Frank 1957 births Living people Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria Australian television journalists Journalists from Melbourne Walkley Award winners Scottish emigrants to Australia Australian people of Irish descent 21st-century Australian politicians The Herald (Melbourne) people People from Broadmeadows, Victoria Politicians from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire Politicians from Melbourne People educated at St Mary's College, Melbourne