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 ...

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Morwell 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

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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 AffairsParliament of Victoria Minister's Database
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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

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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) {{Australia-Labor-Victoria-MP-stub