Graham Watt

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Graham Watt BBus, MLA
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Burwood
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 November 2010
Preceded by	Bob Stensholt
Personal details
Born	(1976-08-18) 18 August 1976 Norseman, Western Australia
Political party	Liberal Party of Australia
Children	2
Website	grahamwatt.com.au

Graham Travis Watt (born 18 August 1976) is an Australian politician, who is currently the member for the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the Electoral district of Burwood.^[1] Graham is a member of the Liberal Party.

He was elected on 27 November 2010, and was formally sworn in on 2 December 2010.

Early life

Watt was born in Western Australia. He grew up in public housing and is one of 11 children with 10 sisters.

Before moving to Victoria, Watt graduated from Edith Cowan University, obtaining a Bachelor of Business, and majoring in Finance and Economics. He has since been the owner of a mobile phone retail store and a carpet cleaning business.

Politics

Watt unsuccessfully ran for the Liberal Party in 2002 and 2006 in the electoral district of Northcote, which was a safe seat for the ALP.^[2]

Mr Watt said Those campaigns were really about learning and gaining the most experience I could.

Personal life

He lives in Ashburton and is engaged with multiple community organisations, such as the Eastern Lions Soccer Club in his electoral district and his children's school. In 2009 he was preselected as the Liberal candidate for the electorate of Burwood, which he won in at the November 2010 state election, ousting Labor's Bob Stensholt.^[3]

References

↑ "Watt, Graham". re-member. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
↑ "Burwood Liberal candidate Graham Watt keen to clean up". Retrieved 19 December 2011.
↑ "STATE ELECTION: Burwood back in Liberal hands". Retrieved 19 December 2011.

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Victorian Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Bob Stensholt	Member for Burwood 2010–present	Succeeded by incumbent

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Independent (1)	Geoff Shaw

Persondata
Name	Watt, Graham
Alternative names
Short description	Politician
Date of birth	18 August 1976
Place of birth	Norseman, Western Australia
Date of death
Place of death

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