Peter Murray Gavin (born 27 February 1949) is a former Australian politician. Born in

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to James Murray Gavin and Amy Gullock, both public servants, Gavin attended Catholic schools in Melbourne before studying at

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, where he received a

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and a

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. Gavin joined the Labor Party in 1967, and in that capacity was involved in student politics on La Trobe University's Student Representative Council. He worked for the Commonwealth Department of Labour and National Service from 1971, and the Department of Employment and Industrial Relations from 1973. From 1973 to 1974 Gavin was secretary of the

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- West Coburg branch of the Labor Party, and from 1975 to 1978 was founding secretary of the North Coburg- Merlynston branch, becoming its president in 1979. In 1979 Gavin was elected to the

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as the member for

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. For the 1992 election, Gavin was forced to move to contest the seat of

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after

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, whose seat had been abolished, laid claim to Coburg, which was initially called Brunswick when the new electoral boundaries were released on 19 November 1990 and the Labor Party preselection nominations had to be submitted by the end of February 1991. The seat of Brunswick was renamed Coburg in late March 1991. Gavin was defeated in the election held on 3 October 1992.Millar., R 'Brunswick gains two 'extra' MPs' ''Sentinel 8 April 1991 p.7''

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gavin, Peter 1949 births Living people Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia Politicians from Melbourne La Trobe University alumni