Robert John "Rob" Hudson (born 9 December 1955, in Melbourne, Victoria) is a former Australian politician He holds honours degrees in social work and law, and was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the Labor Party. He was elected to the Bentleigh electorate in the 2002 state election defeating incumbent Inga Peulich, and was re-elected in 2006. Hudson is a supporter of the

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Career

Prior to his election as the member for Bentleigh, he worked at the Brotherhood of St Laurence, and was the Director of the Victorian Council of Social Service. In 1993, he became Senior Advisor to the

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of Australia. He held this position for three years before becoming the

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of WorkPlacement. From 1999, he held the position of Social Policy Director to the

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. After being elected to parliament in 2002, he became the Chair of the Victorian Parliamentary Law Reform Committee from 2002–2006, the Parliamentary Secretary for Infrastructure from 2006–2007, the Parliamentary Secretary for Public Transport and the Arts from 2007–2009, and Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier and for the Arts in 2010. He was a supporter of abortion law reform in 2008 and voted for the bill. Hudson was defeated in the

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by Elizabeth Miller of the

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, losing by just 441 votes. His defeat allowed the Liberal-National Party Coalition to form government by one seat.

References

* Rob Hudson M.P.- Member for Bentleigh http://www.robhudson.com.au/ * http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregfull.cfm?mid=1571 * http://www.aharkness.org/01_cms/details.asp?k_id=36 * http://tex.parliament.vic.gov.au/bin/texhtmlt?form=VicHansard.dumpall&db=hansard91&dodraft=0&startpage=82&origquery=&query=(+members+contains+'HUDSON'+)&speech=21864&mem_selected=HUDSON&activity=Governor's+Speech&title=Address-in-Reply&date1=27&date2=February&date3=2003 1955 births Living people Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria Politicians from Melbourne Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly 21st-century Australian politicians {{Australia-Labor-Victoria-MP-stub