Anthony John Sheehan (born 24 December 1948) is a former Australian politician. He obtained an economics degree at

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and was a school teacher at

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. He was elected branch secretary of the

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. He was a member of 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 ...

from the seat of Ivanhoe (1982–85) and Northcote (1988–98). He was a member of the ALP. He held a number of ministerial positions in the government of

Joan Kirner Joan Elizabeth Kirner (née Hood; 20 June 1938 – 1 June 2015) was an Australian politician who was the 42nd Premier of Victoria, serving from 1990 to 1992. A Labor Party member of the Parliament of Victoria from 1982 to 1994, she was a mem ...

. He was the Minister for Housing and Construction in 1990–91. He was then appointed the Minister for Finance in 1991–92 and

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from January to October 1992 when the Kirner government was defeated. He resigned from parliament in 1998 and was succeeded in his seat by

Mary Delahunty Mary Elizabeth Delahunty (born 7 June 1951) is an Australian journalist and politician with the Labor Party. Early life Delahunty was born in the Victorian town of Murtoa and educated at Loreto College in Ballarat.''Who's Who in Australia ...

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Tony Sheehan bio
1948 births Living people Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria Australian schoolteachers La Trobe University alumni Treasurers of Victoria Politicians from Melbourne {{Australia-Labor-Victoria-MP-stub