Keith Graeme Hamilton (born 9 May 1936 in
Ballarat, Victoria
Ballarat ( ) is a city in the Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 Census, Ballarat had a population of 116,201, making it the third largest city in Victoria. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018.
Within months of Vic ...
[Parliament of Victoria Member's Database]
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Morwell is a town in the Latrobe Valley area of Gippsland, in South-Eastern Victoria, Australia approximately 152 km (94 mi) east of Melbourne.
Morwell has a population of 14,389 people at the .
It is both the seat of local governme ...
in 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 ...
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Hamilton served as the Member for Morwell from October 1988 until being succeeded by fellow Labor Party member Brendan Jenkins, in November 2002.][
Hamilton served in the Bracks Government's first term as Minister for Agriculture and Minister for Aboriginal Affairs][Parliament of Victoria Minister's Database]
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Hamilton attended Ballarat Teachers' College, a predecessor institution of the University of Ballarat
The University of Ballarat, Australia was a dual-sector university with multiple campuses in Victoria, Australia, including its main Ballarat campus, Melbourne, Sydney, and Adelaide that were authorized by the university to provide diploma, unde ...
, graduating in 1955. He sat on the Ballarat Teachers' College Library Group Committee, the Sports Committee and won awards for football and athletics in 1955.[''Extra Muros'', Student Magazine, Ballarat Teachers' College, Volume 2, No. 2, 1955]
References
1936 births
Living people
Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria
Politicians from Ballarat
Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
21st-century Australian politicians
Ministers for Agriculture (Victoria)
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