Michael John (politician)
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Michael John (29 April 1943 – 6 June 2003) was a Welsh-born Australian politician. He was born in
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to G. H. and Beryl John, and the family migrated to Australia in 1956. He graduated from Hamilton High School with Honours and was awarded the Myer and Commonwealth Scholarships to the
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, where he received a
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and a
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in 1965. He worked as a barrister and solicitor and is a partner in a law firm in
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. In 1965 he married Belinda, with whom he had three daughters. He was a keen athlete, and competed in the final of the 1969
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. In 1985 John was elected to the
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as the Liberal member for Bendigo East. He was made Shadow Cabinet Secretary in December 1985 and moved to the opposition front bench as Shadow Minister for Planning and Environment, Tourism and Aboriginal Affairs in 1988. He left the front bench in 1989 but returned in 1991 as Shadow Minister for Community Services and Aboriginal Affairs, taking the ministry following the
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's victory at the 1992 state election. He served as a minister until 1996 and was defeated at the
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election. John died in Bendigo on 6 June 2003.


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1943 births 2003 deaths Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly 20th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-Liberal-politician-stub Ministers for treaty and first peoples (Victoria)