Frank McGuire | |
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Member of the Victorian Parliament for Broadmeadows | |
In office 19 February 2011 –26 November 2022 | |
Preceded by | John Brumby |
Succeeded by | Kathleen Matthews-Ward |
Personal details | |
Born | Hamilton,Glasgow,Scotland | 16 June 1957
Nationality | Australian |
Political party | Labor Party |
Relatives | Eddie McGuire (brother) |
Occupation | Journalist |
Website | www |
Frank McGuire (born 16 June 1957) is an Australian politician who represented the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Broadmeadows for the Labor Party from the 2011 Broadmeadows by-election [1] [2] until the 2022 Victorian state election. McGuire was a journalist,political adviser,and business consultant prior to entering politics.
Prior to becoming a politician,McGuire was a journalist and the winner of two Walkley Awards for excellence in journalism. The first was in 1993,when he won the investigative report award for a segment called 'Deadly Force' that screened on ABC TV's Four Corners program in May 1992. [3] In 2007,he won with fellow journalist Adam Shand,for a report on Nine Network's Sunday program,called "Force within a force" which was about alleged police corruption. [4]
McGuire's experience includes being a news reporter at the Melbourne Herald (1976–1984);reporter/producer/deputy chief-of-staff on Ten News (1986–1990). He was a current affairs investigative and political reporter on The 7.30 Report (1990–1991) and on Four Corners (1992–1993). [5]
In 1999,McGuire was the founding chair of the City of Hume's Hume Safe City Taskforce, and served until 2004.. [6] [7]
McGuire served in several Parliamentary Secretary roles,including the Medical Research,Small Business,and Innovation portfolios.
In December 2021 he lost Labor preselection for the 2022 Victorian state election. [8] He was succeeded by Kathleen Matthews-Ward.
McGuire was raised in Broadmeadows and lives in the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy. [6] McGuire and his brother,media personality and ex-Collingwood Football Club president,Eddie McGuire,were educated at Christian Brothers College in St Kilda on a scholarship.
McGuire is a keen follower of AFL football team,Essendon. [6] McGuire has three children. [5]
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