Ian Douglas Trezise (born 30 September 1959) is an Australian politician. He was a Labor Party member of the

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from 1999 to 2014, representing the seat of

Geelong Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the southeastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River, ...

Background

Trezise was born and raised in Geelong, the son of high-profile Labor minister and

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Neil Trezise Neil Benjamin "Nipper" Trezise (8 February 1931 – 20 August 2006) was an Australian rules footballer who represented in the Victorian Football League and later a politician who represented the Labor Party in the Victorian Legislative Assem ...

, and is of Cornish descent. He was educated at Newcomb Primary and

Geelong High School Geelong High School is a co-educational, public, secondary school located in East Geelong, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. The school opened in 1910, making it one of Victoria's oldest state secondary schools, and moved to its curr ...

before completing a postgraduate diploma in personnel management. Ian worked for the

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for a number of years, before becoming shipping manager at the

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. He was a Geelong City Councillor from 1989 to 1993. He is married with two children.

Parliamentary career

Trezise was first elected in 1999, when he won the seat of

by a very narrow 16 votes, as part of the dramatic

1999 Victorian state election The 1999 Victorian state election, held on Saturday, 18 September 1999, was for the 54th Parliament of Victoria. It was held in the Australian state of Victoria to elect the 88 members of the state's Legislative Assembly and 22 members of the 44 ...

. In the 2002 election he substantially increased his majority with an 8.5% swing, and he maintained that vote in the 2006 state election. In the 2010 election his margin was slashed to 2.1%. He served on the parliamentary Road Safety Committee from 1999 until November 2010, and was chairman from 2003 to 2006. Trezise resigned as the Member for Geelong at the 2014 Victorian state election. He was succeeded by Christine Couzens, a member of his staff since he was elected in 1999.

Background

Parliamentary career

References

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