Stephen William Gibbons (11 September 1949 – July 2022) was an Australian politician who served as an

Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party (ALP), also simply known as Labor, is the major centre-left political party in Australia, one of two major parties in Australian politics, along with the centre-right Liberal Party of Australia. The party forms the f ...

member of the

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from March 1998 until August 2013 representing the

Division of Bendigo The Division of Bendigo is an Australian electoral division in the state of Victoria. The division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the original 65 divisions to be contested at the first federal election. It is named for the city of B ...

, Victoria. He was born in

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

. He attended Golden Square Primary School and Kangaroo Flat Secondary College in Bendigo. He became an apprentice to a motor mechanic. He worked in auto part wholesaling and packaging industries. He was a trade union official, small business proprietor and researcher and adviser to the Victorian Leader of the Opposition,

John Brumby John Mansfield Brumby (born 21 April 1953) is the current Chancellor of La Trobe University and former Victorian Labor Party politician who was Premier of Victoria from 2007 to 2010. He became leader of the Victorian Labor Party and premier ...

, before entering politics. First elected to represent the Bendigo electorate in 1998, he was re-elected in 2001, 2004, 2007 and 2010. In August 2011, Gibbons announced his intention to retire from parliament at the next election. Rudd v Gillard: game on
Crikey.com.au, 20 February 2020. Gibbons died in July 2022, at the age of 72.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gibbons, Steve 1949 births 2022 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Australia Labor Left politicians Members of the Australian House of Representatives Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Bendigo 21st-century Australian politicians 20th-century Australian politicians Politicians from Melbourne