Ken Coghill

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Dr Ken Coghill

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Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
In office
25 October 1988 26 October 1992
Premier John Cain
Preceded by Tom Edmunds
Succeeded by John Delzoppo
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
for Werribee
In office
5 May 1979 30 March 1996
Preceded by Neville Hudson
Succeeded by Mary Gillett
Personal details
Born
Kenneth Alistair Coghill

(1944-11-10) 10 November 1944 (age 76)
Mansfield, Victoria, Australia
Political party Labor
Spouse(s)Judith Wakeman (m.1969; div.2007)
Julia Thornton (m.2008)
ChildrenOne
Alma mater

Kenneth Alistair Coghill (born 10 November 1944 in Mansfield, Victoria) is a former Australian politician.

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Life and career

Educated at Caulfield Grammar School, Coghill studied Veterinary Science at the University of Melbourne and worked as a veterinarian before serving on the Wodonga City Council. He entered the Victorian Legislative Assembly as a Labor Party Member for Werribee in the 1979 State elections, and served as the Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1988 to 1992.

After retiring from Parliament in 1995, he earned a Ph.D. from the University of Melbourne. He is currently an associate professor at Monash University. [1]

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References

  1. "Associate Professor the Honourable Dr Ken Coghill". 20 April 2014. Archived from the original on 20 April 2014.