Bruce Anthony Chamberlain
AM (9 August 1939 – 1 October 2005) was an Australian politician.
He was born at
Brighton
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in
Melbourne
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to Peter Henry Chamberlain, a railways paymaster, and Eileen, ''née'' Haddad. After attending
De La Salle College in
Malvern, he studied at the
University of Melbourne
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, receiving a
Bachelor of Arts
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and a
Bachelor of Law
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. On 6 February 1965 he married Paula Swan, with whom he had four children. In 1965 he became a partner with the solicitors' firm Melville, Orton & Lewis, while also acquiring farming property near
Hamilton
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. He served on
Hamilton City Council from 1969 to 1973. In 1973 he was elected to the
Victorian Legislative Assembly
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as the
Liberal member for
Dundas. His seat was abolished in 1976 and he won election to the
Victorian Legislative Council
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for
Western Province
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. Appointed Shadow Minister for Conservation and Planning in 1982, he became Shadow Attorney-General in 1985 and Leader of the Opposition in the Upper House in 1986. In 1988 he moved to the portfolio of Local Government and Major Projects, afterwards taking Industry, Technology and Resources (1989–90), Planning and State Growth (1990–91), and Local Government (1990–92). From 1992 to 2002, he served as the 17th President of the Legislative Council of Victorian Parliament. He was appointed a
Member of the Order of Australia
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on Australia Day 2005, but on 1 October that year he died in Armadale, Victoria.
References
1939 births
2005 deaths
Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria
Members of the Victorian Legislative Council
Presidents of the Victorian Legislative Council
Members of the Order of Australia
Melbourne Law School alumni
Australian solicitors
Victoria (state) local councillors
20th-century Australian politicians
Politicians from Melbourne
21st-century Australian politicians
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