Esmond Julian Curnow (27 October 1946 - 28 May 2025) [1] was an Australian politician. He was born in Bendigo to factory manager Thomas William Curnow and Esma Jean Cook. He attended Bendigo High School and became the manager of a bedding store.
He joined the Labor Party in 1962 and was a member of the Castlemaine and Moonee Ponds branches. In 1970, he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Kara Kara, serving until his seat was abolished in 1976. [2]
After leaving politics he became a publican, and also the secretary of the Bendigo Trades Hall Council from 1981 to 1983. From 1983 to 1985, he was a training officer with the Trade Union Training Authority, and from 1985 he was a National Union of Workers official. He married Jennifer Diane Freeman on 23 January 1976 and they were divorced in 1984. [2]