Melina Gaye Bath (born 18 December 1966) is an Australian politician and former schoolteacher, who is a Nationals member of the
Victorian Legislative Council
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representing the
Eastern Victoria Region
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.
Bath studied a science degree and diploma of education at the
University of Melbourne
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and was a mathematics and science teacher at
Mirboo North Secondary College
Mirboo North Secondary College is a secondary college located in Mirboo North, Victoria, Australia. It has a small number of students numbering approximately 369.Danny O'Brien, who had resigned his seat in the Legislative Council's
Eastern Victoria Region
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2015 Gippsland South state by-election
A by-election for the seat of Gippsland South in the Victorian Legislative Assembly was held on 14 March 2015. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of former state National Party leader and Deputy Premier, Peter Ryan. Ryan had been ...
, following the retirement of the long-standing MP, Peter Ryan.
In February 2022, Bath, along with
Matthew Guy
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,
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*Peter Walsh (Victorian politician) (born 1954), Victorian state politician
*Peter J. Walsh (1931–1995), politician ...
, David Davis and Gary Blackwood, were fined $100 each for breaching face mask rules, after the Coalition MPs were photographed maskless while attending an event in Parliament House.