Stephen Noel Elder (born 29 September 1956) is an Australian former politician, who was the executive director of the Catholic Education Office Melbourne in

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from 2006 to 2018. He represented the

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and was the member of the Legislative Assembly of the

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for

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from August 1988 to October 1992. After the seat was abolished in a redistribution, he was elected as the member for

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from October 1992 to August 1999, when he lost the seat in the rural landslide against the Kennett Government. Elder served as the Parliamentary Secretary for Education in the

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from 1992 to 1999. He was also a member of the Senate of the Australian Catholic University, a member of the National Catholic Education Commission, a director of Catholic Network Australia Ltd, on the Board of Management of Church Resources and Mercy Health Foundation, a member of the Boards of the Catholic Development Fund, and the Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority and a Director and Company Secretary of Catholic Capital Grants (Vic) Ltd. In late 2018, Elder resigned as executive director of the Catholic Education Office, during the investigation of an unspecified workplace complaint. Despite overseeing the securing of billions of dollars of extra government funding for the Catholic education sector, there were concerns that he had created a rift between Catholic and

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, which had usually worked together to get more funding for their organisations. Prior to serving as a parliamentarian, Elder had been a teacher and community worker.

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External links

Catholic Education Office Melbourne - Director's Page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Elder, Steve 1956 births Living people Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia