Lee Reginald Tarlamis (born 10 July 1975) is an Australian

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who has represented the

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for the Labor Party in the

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since 2020. He previously served from 2010 to 2014. Tarlamis resides in

Melbourne Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victori ...

and is of

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descent. His roots can be traced to the

island of

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. Following his defeat at the

2014 Victorian state election 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 incum ...

, he was appointed as a political adviser for the Andrews Ministry. In 2020 he returned to the Legislative Council, filling a vacancy caused by

Gavin Jennings Gavin Wayne Jennings (born 18 April 1957) is an Australian politician. He was a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 1999 to 2020, representing Melbourne Province (1999–2006) and then the South Eastern Metropolitan R ...

's resignation.

References

1975 births Living people Australian people of Greek descent Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Council Members of the Victorian Legislative Council for South Eastern Metropolitan Region 21st-century Australian politicians Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia People from Malvern, Victoria Politicians from Melbourne {{Australia-Labor-Victoria-MP-stub