Julia Eileen Gillard is an Australian former politician who served as the 27th prime minister of Australia from 2010 to 2013. She held office as leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP),having previously served as the 13th deputy prime minister of Australia from 2007 to 2010,under Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. She is the first and only woman to hold either office in Australian history.
Broadmeadows is a suburb in Melbourne,Victoria,Australia,15 km (9.3 mi) north of Melbourne's Central Business District and the council seat of the City of Hume local government area. Broadmeadows recorded a population of 12,524 at the 2021 census. It is colloquially known as "Broady".
Campbellfield is a suburb in Melbourne,Victoria,Australia,13 km (8.1 mi) north of Melbourne's Central Business District,located within the City of Hume local government area. Campbellfield recorded a population of 4,977 at the 2021 census.
Penelope Ying-Yen Wong is an Australian politician who is serving as the current minister for Foreign Affairs and leader of the Government in the Senate in the Albanese government since 2022. A member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP),she has been a senator for South Australia since 2002. Wong previously served as minister for Climate Change and minister for Finance and Deregulation during the governments of Prime Ministers Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard from 2007 until 2013.
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 Bendigo.
The Division of Calwell is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria.
John Mansfield Brumby 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 after the resignation of Steve Bracks. He also served as the Minister for Veterans' Affairs and the Minister for Multicultural Affairs. He contested his first election as premier at the November 2010 Victorian state election. His government was defeated by the Liberal/National Coalition led by Ted Baillieu. Brumby resigned as Labor leader after the election,on 30 November,to be replaced by Daniel Andrews. Within weeks of this leadership change,Brumby left parliament,with a Broadmeadows by-election taking place on 19 February 2011.
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.
Adem Kubilay Somyurek is an Australian politician. He has served as a member of the Victorian Legislative Council currently representing the Northern Metropolitan Region.
The electoral district of Broadmeadows is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers an area of 47 square kilometres (18 sq mi) in outer northern Melbourne,and includes the suburbs of Broadmeadows,Campbellfield,Coolaroo,Dallas,Fawkner,Jacana and Meadow Heights. It also includes parts of Glenroy,Roxburgh Park,Somerton,and Westmeadows. It lies within the Northern Metropolitan Region of the upper house,the Legislative Council.
James Harley Kennan SC was an Australian politician and later adjunct professor of law at Deakin University.
Alannah Joan Geraldine Cecilia MacTiernan is a former Australian politician. From 1988 to 2023,she has served in politics at a federal,state,and local level,including as a minister in the Western Australian state governments of Geoff Gallop,Alan Carpenter,and Mark McGowan. She is best known for her role as the minister for planning and infrastructure during the construction of the Mandurah line. Born in Melbourne,she moved to Perth to study at the University of Western Australia,graduating with a Bachelor of Arts and later with a law degree. She worked for the Department of Employment before practising as a lawyer between 1986 and 1992. During this time,she also served on the Perth City Council. In 1976,MacTiernan joined the Australian Labor Party,and at the 1993 Western Australian state election,she was elected to the Legislative Council's East Metropolitan Region. She became a shadow minister in October 1994,and she was transferred to the Legislative Assembly at the 1996 state election,winning the seat of Armadale.
This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1961 to 1964,as elected at the 1961 state election:
This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 2010 to 2014:
Frank McGuire is an Australian politician who represented the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Broadmeadows for the Labor Party from the 2011 Broadmeadows by-election until the 2022 Victorian state election. McGuire was a journalist,political adviser,and business consultant prior to entering politics.
This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Broadmeadows in Victorian state elections.
Gerardine Mary "Ged" Kearney is an Australian politician and trade unionist who is the Labor member for the federal division of Cooper and the current assistant minister for health and aged care. She has been a member of the House of Representatives since March 2018,first representing the division of Batman. Prior to politics,Kearney served as president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) from 2010 to 2018.
Rosalind Louise Spence is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since November 2014,representing Yuroke from 2014 to 2022,then Kalkallo from 2022 onwards.
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 parting in the state of Victoria and is led by Jacinta Allan,who has served concurrently as premier of Victoria since 2023.
The 2022 Victorian state election was held on Saturday,26 November 2022 to elect the 60th Parliament of Victoria. All 88 seats in the Legislative Assembly and all 40 seats in the Legislative Council were up for election at the time the writs were issued,however the election in the district of Narracan was deferred due to the death of a candidate.
