Jeffrey Gibb Kennett is a former Australian politician who served as the 43rd Premier of Victoria between 1992 and 1999,Leader of the Victorian Liberal Party from 1982 to 1989 and from 1991 to 1999,and the Member for Burwood from 1976 to 1999. He is currently a media commentator.
Stephen Mayne is an Australian journalist,local government councillor,and self-described shareholder activist. He won the Walkley Award.
The 2002 Victorian state election,held on Saturday,30 November 2002,was for the 55th Parliament of Victoria. It was held to elect the 88 members of Victorian Legislative Assembly and 22 members of the 44-member Legislative Council.
Robert Einar Stensholt is a former Australian Labor Party politician who represented the Victorian state seat of Burwood in the Victorian Legislative Assembly of the state's parliament.
The 1999 Victorian state election,held on Saturday,18 September 1999,was for the 54th Parliament of Victoria. It was held in the Australian state of Victoria to elect the 88 members of the state's Legislative Assembly and 22 members of the 44-member Legislative Council. The Liberal–National Coalition led by Jeff Kennett and Pat McNamara,which had held majority government since the 1996 election,lost 15 seats and its majority due mainly to a swing against it in rural and regional Victoria.
The electoral district of Bass is one of the electoral districts of Victoria,Australia,for the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers an area of 1,358 square kilometres (524 sq mi) south east of Melbourne,stretching from the satellite suburb of Clyde through rural areas to the coast at Inverloch and Phillip Island. It includes the suburbs and towns of Bass,Cape Paterson,Clyde,Corinella,Cowes,Grantville,Inverloch,Kilcunda,Koo Wee Rup,Lang Lang,Pearcedale,Rhyll,San Remo,Tooradin,Ventnor and Wonthaggi. It lies within the Eastern Victoria Region of the upper house,the Legislative Council.
The 1996 Victorian state election,held on Saturday,30 March 1996,was for the 53rd Parliament of Victoria. It was held in the Australian state of Victoria to elect all 88 members of the state's Legislative Assembly and 22 members of the 44-member Legislative Council. The election took place four weeks after the 1996 federal election which swept the Labor Party from power nationally.
Peter Julian Ryan is a former Australian politician who was leader of The Nationals in Victoria from 1999 to 2014. He represented the electoral district of Gippsland South from 1992 to 2015,and from 2010 to 2014 was the Deputy Premier of Victoria as well as the Minister for Rural and Regional Development. In addition,Ryan was the Minister for Police from 2010 to 2013.
The electoral district of Gippsland East is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers most of eastern Victoria and includes the towns of Bairnsdale,Lakes Entrance,Orbost,Omeo,Maffra and Heyfield. Gippsland East is the state's third largest electorate in area and covers 27,544 square kilometres.
Kenneth Maurice Smith is an Australian politician who was the member for Bass in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 2002 to 2014. He was Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 21 December 2010 to 4 February 2014.
The 2006 Victorian state election,held on Saturday,25 November 2006,was for the 56th Parliament of Victoria. Just over 3 million Victorians registered to vote elected 88 members to the Legislative Assembly and,for the first time,40 members to the Legislative Council under a proportional representation system. The election was conducted by the independent Victorian Electoral Commission.
Russell Irwin Savage is an Australian politician,who was the independent member for the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Mildura from 1996 until 2006. Prior to entering politics,he was a long-serving police officer in Victoria and England.
The 2010 Victorian state election,held on Saturday,27 November 2010,was for the 57th Parliament of Victoria. The election was to elect all 88 members of the Legislative Assembly and all 40 members of the Legislative Council. The incumbent centre-left Labor Party government,led by John Brumby,was defeated by the centre-right Liberal/National Coalition opposition,led by Ted Baillieu. The election gave the Coalition a one-seat majority in both houses of parliament.
The 2008 Gippsland by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Gippsland on 28 June 2008. It was triggered by the resignation of National Party MP Peter McGauran.
Susan Margaret Davies is a former Australian politician.
Kathleen Maltzahn is an Australian author,academic and anti-sex work activist. She is a former councillor for the City of Yarra and was the Australian Greens Victoria candidate for the state seat of Richmond in the 2010,2014 and 2018 Victorian elections.
Timothy Owen Bull is an Australian politician. He has been a National Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 2010,representing the electorate of Gippsland East. He served as Minister for Local Government and Minister for Aboriginal Affairs in the Napthine Ministry from March to December 2014.
The 2018 Victorian state election was held on Saturday,24 November 2018 to elect the 59th Parliament of Victoria. All 88 seats in the Legislative Assembly and all 40 seats in the Legislative Council were up for election. The first-term incumbent Labor government,led by Premier Daniel Andrews,won a second four-year term,defeating the Liberal/National Coalition opposition,led by Opposition Leader Matthew Guy in a landslide victory. Minor party the Greens led by Samantha Ratnam also contested the election.
The Victorian Labor Party,officially known as the Australian Labor Party and commonly referred to simply as Victorian Labor,is the Victorian state branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). The branch is currently the ruling party in the state of Victoria and is led by Jacinta Allan,who has served concurrently as premier of Victoria since 2023.
The 1999 Frankston East state supplementary election was held on 16 October 1999 to elect the next member for the electoral district of Frankston East in the Victorian Legislative Assembly,following the death of sitting MP Peter McLellan on the day of the 1999 Victorian state election.
