Michael Stuart Symon (born 21 February 1965) is an Australian politician who was elected to the

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at the 2007 federal election as the

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member for the federal seat of Deakin. He had previously been an electrician and was Occupational Health and Safety Officer of the Electrical Trades Union. He defeated the sitting

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member,

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, who had held the seat since 1996. The seat had been one of the most marginal Liberal seats in the country for almost three decades. Barresi led for most of the night, but on the fifth count a large flow of

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preferences allowed Symon to become only the second Labor MP in the seat's 70-year history. At the 2010 election, Symon faced Barresi again, and was reelected with a slight swing in his favour—again due to Green preferences. At the

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, Symon suffered a swing of 3.8% against him and was defeated by Liberal candidate

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. In

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, Symon was elected as a councillor for the City of Maroondah's Mullum Ward. After the ward was abolished, he successfully contested the new Jubilee Ward at the 2020 local elections. Symon served Deputy Mayor from 2017 to 2018 and Mayor in 2019 until 2020.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Symon, Mike 1965 births Living people Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Australia Members of the Australian House of Representatives Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Deakin Australian electricians Australian trade unionists People from Box Hill, Victoria Politicians from Melbourne Australian MPs 2007–2010 Australian MPs 2010–2013