Louis Joseph Hill (born 31 August 1944) is a Dutch-born Australian former - barrister, member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, Victorian Magistrate and currently a Nationally Accredited Mediator and recreational sailor He was born in

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to clerk Louis Hill and Theodora Kleinhans and migrated to Australia in 1953. He attended St Francis Xavier's in Frankston, St Bede's in Mentone and then

Melbourne University The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in Victoria. Its main campus is located in Parkville, an inner suburb nor ...

, where he received a

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in 1973 (and much later, in 1996, a

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). From 1961 to 1964 he was a bank officer, then a public servant from 1965 to 1970. He was admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor in 1973 and called to the Victorian Bar in 1975. In 1974 he married Elish Josephine Cooke; they had two sons. They divorced in 2008. In 1982 he was elected to the

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as the

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member for

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. He served until his defeat in 1988. He continued to practice as a Barrister. He was appointed as a Victorian

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and

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in 1989 and sat in all jurisdictions. He was a part-time chairperson of the Victorian

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from 2013 to 2016. He retired from the Magistracy in 2022. He now practices as a Nationally Accredited

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. He lives on the shores of the

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and is an active member of the Gippsland Lakes Yacht Club.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hill, Lou 1944 births Living people Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Dutch emigrants to Australia University of Melbourne alumni Politicians from Utrecht (city) Politicians from Melbourne 20th-century Australian lawyers 20th-century Australian politicians