Ian Cathie

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Ian Cathie, President of Glen Eira U3A

Ian Robert Cathie (born 24 October 1932) is a former Australian politician.

Born in Melbourne to printer George Mitchell Cathie and Sybil Balding, he attended state schools and then the University of Melbourne, where he studied teaching. On 5 January 1957 he married Christine Watson, with whom he had four children; he married again on 3 July 1976 Jean Germain, an industrial nurse. He was president of the Peninsula Victorian Teachers Union in 1959 and taught at Frankston and Mordialloc-Chelsea High Schools, as well as serving on the council of Monash University from 1977 to 1982.

In 1964 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council as a Labor member for South Eastern Province; he was defeated in 1970, but in 1976 was elected to the Legislative Assembly seat of Carrum, which he held until 1988. Ministerial appointments^[1] under the John Cain (Jnr) government include:

Minister of Housing 1982-85
Minister of Economic Development Dec 1982-Nov 1983
Minister for Industry, Commerce and Technology 1983-85
Minister for Education 1985-87
Minister for the Arts and Minister Assisting the Minister for Education Dec 1987-Oct 1988

From 1994-1997 he was a Commissioner of the City of Greater Dandenong.^[2] In 2010 he was elected President of Glen Eira University of the Third Age (U3A).

References

↑ http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregfull.cfm?mid=953
↑ "Cathie, Ian Robert". Parliament of Victoria. 1985. Retrieved 30 September 2011.

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Name	Cathie, Ian
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Short description	Australian politician
Date of birth	24 October 1932
Place of birth	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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