The Shire of East Gippsland is a local government area in Gippsland,Victoria,Australia,located in the eastern part of the state. It covers an area of 20,940 square kilometres (8,080 sq mi) and in June 2018 had a population of 46,818.
Denis Vincent Napthine is a former Australian politician and veterinarian who served as the 47th premier of Victoria from 2013 to 2014. He held office as the leader of the Victorian division of the Liberal Party of Australia (LPA) and was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the district of Portland from 1988 to 2002,before transferring to that of South-West Coast from 2002 to 2015.
Bairnsdale is a city in East Gippsland,Victoria,Australia in a region traditionally inhabited by the Tatungalung clan of the Gunaikurnai people.
The Gippsland Lakes are a network of coastal lakes,marshes and lagoons in East Gippsland,Victoria,Australia covering an overall area of about 354 km2 (137 sq mi) between the rural towns of Lakes Entrance,Bairnsdale and Sale. The largest of the lakes are Lake Wellington,Lake King and Lake Victoria. The lakes are collectively fed by the Avon,Thomson,Latrobe,Mitchell,Nicholson and Tambo Rivers,and drain into the Bass Strait through a short canal about 2 km (1.2 mi) southwest of Lakes Entrance town centre.
The Mitchell River is a perennial river of the East Gippsland catchment,located in the Australian state of Victoria. The unregulated river provides a unique example of riparian ecology,flowing generally south with the catchment area drawing from the steep mountains of the Victorian Alps to enter Lake King,one of the Gippsland Lakes,and then empty into the Bass Strait.
Terence Wynn Mulder is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1999 to 2015,representing the Colac-based electorate of Polwarth. He served as Minister for Public Transport and Minister for Roads in the Baillieu and Napthine governments from 2010 to 2014.
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.
The Tambo River or Berrawan is a perennial river of the Mitchell River catchment,located in the East Gippsland region of the Australian state of Victoria. With a total length in excess of 186 kilometres (116 mi),the Tambo River is one of the longest rivers in the East Gippsland drainage basin,extending from the steep forested southern slopes of the Victorian Alps through forest and farmland to the Gippsland Lakes.
Michael Anthony O'Brien is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 2006,representing the electorate of Malvern and served as the leader of the party and opposition leader from December 2018 to September 2021.
Russell John Northe is an Australian former politician who was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 2006 until his retirement in 2022. Prior to winning preselection by The Nationals for the seat of Morwell,he was a local Australian rules footballer. He resigned from The Nationals in August 2017,and served the rest of his time in office as an independent member of parliament. Following Northe's retirement at the 2022 state election,National member Martin Cameron won Northe's previous seat of Morwell.
Robert William Clark is an Australian former politician. He was a Liberal Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1988 to 2018,representing the electorates of Balwyn (1988–1992) and Box Hill (1992–2018). He served as Attorney-General and Minister for Finance in the Baillieu Ministry and Napthine Ministry from 2010 to 2014,and also served as Minister for Industrial Relations under Napthine from 2013 to 2014. He had previously served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer (1992–1996) and Parliamentary Secretary for Treasury and Multimedia (1996–1999) during the Kennett government.
Ryan James Smith is an Australian politician. He was a Liberal Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 2006 to 2023,representing the electorate of Warrandyte. He was Minister for Environment and Climate Change and Minister for Youth Affairs from 2010 to 2014,serving in both the Baillieu and Napthine governments.
Peter Lindsay Walsh is an Australian politician. He has been a National Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 2002,representing the electorate of Swan Hill until 2014 and Murray Plains thereafter. Walsh was Minister for Agriculture and Food Security and Minister for Water in the Baillieu and Napthine Coalition governments. He has been state leader of the Nationals since 3 December 2014.
Elizabeth Jeanette Powell is a British-born Australian politician. She was a National Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 2002 to 2014,representing the electorate of Shepparton. She was previously a member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 1996 to 2002,representing North Eastern Province.
Darren Jeffrey Chester is an Australian politician. He has been a member of the House of Representatives for Gippsland in Victoria,representing the Nationals since 2008. Chester had served as the Minister for Veterans' Affairs and the Minister for Defence Personnel between March 2018 and July 2021 in the Turnbull and Morrison governments. He was also Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Centenary of ANZAC until May 2019.
Johnsonville is a town in the East Gippsland region of Victoria,Australia. It is located on the Princes Highway 18.9 km east from the city of Bairnsdale and 18.3 km west from the tourist resort and fishing port of Lakes Entrance. The town encompasses an area of approximately 5,617 hectares,56 square kilometres or 13,879 acres.
Kimberley Arthur Wells is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 1992,representing first Wantirna and then Scoresby and Rowville. Wells was the Treasurer of Victoria from December 2010 until March 2013. Wells was born in Leongatha,Victoria,and attended public schools in Bairnsdale,graduating in 1976.
The 2014 Victorian state election,held on Saturday,29 November 2014,was for the 58th Parliament of Victoria. All 88 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly and 40 seats in the Victorian Legislative Council were up for election. The incumbent centre-right Coalition minority government,led by Liberal Party leader and Premier Denis Napthine and National Party leader and Deputy Premier Peter Ryan,was defeated by the centre-left Labor Party opposition,led by Daniel Andrews. The Greens won two lower house seats,their first Legislative Assembly seats in a Victorian state election,whilst increasing their share of upper house seats. The new Andrews Ministry was sworn in on 4 December 2014.
Adrian Stuart Bromage is a businessman and former Australian rules footballer who most notably played for East Fremantle in the Western Australian Football League (WAFL) during the 1990s. He was the winner of the Sandover Medal for the best and fairest player in the 1998 Westar Rules season.
