Ian Trezise

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Ian Trezise MP
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Geelong
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 September 1999
Preceded by	Ann Henderson
Personal details
Born	Ian Douglas Trezise (1959-09-30) 30 September 1959 Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Political party	Australian Labor Party
Relations	Neil Trezise (father)
Residence	Geelong
Occupation	Shipping manager
Committees	Road Safety Committee

Ian Douglas Trezise (born 30 September 1959) is an Australian politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since September 1999, representing the seat of Geelong.^[1]

Background

Trezise was born and raised in Geelong, the son of high-profile Labor minister and AFL footballer Neil Trezise,^[2] and is of Cornish descent.^[3] He was educated at Newcomb Primary and Geelong High School before completing a postgraduate diploma in personnel management. Ian worked for the Australian Workers' Union for a number of years, before becoming shipping manager at the Port of Geelong. He was a Geelong City Councillor from 1989 to 1993.^[1] He is married with two children.

Parliamentary career

Trezise was first elected in 1999, when he won the seat of Geelong by a very narrow 16 votes, as part of the dramatic Victorian state election, 1999. In the 2002 election he substantially increased his majority with an 8.5% swing, and he maintained that vote in the 2006 state election. In the 2010 election his margin was slashed to 2.1%.^[4]

He served on the parliamentary Road Safety Committee from 1999 until November 2010, and was chairman from 2003 to 2006.^[1]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Mr Ian Trezise". Members Information. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
↑ "Labor faction deal means Trezise will stay an MP". Geelong Advertiser. 6 February 2009.
↑ Payton, Phillip (2007). Making Moonta: the invention of Australia's little Cornwall. University of Exeter Press. ISBN 0859897966.
↑ Green, Antony. "Geelong". Victoria Votes 2010. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2013-03-25.

Victorian Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Ann Henderson	Member for Geelong 1999–present	Incumbent

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Liberal (34)	Neil Angus Louise Asher Ted Baillieu Brad Battin Donna Bauer Gary Blackwood Neale Burgess Robert Clark Martin Dixon Christine Fyffe Michael Gidley David Hodgett Andrew Katos Nicholas Kotsiras Andrew McIntosh Cindy McLeish Elizabeth Miller David Morris Terry Mulder Denis Napthine Clem Newton-Brown Michael O'Brien Dee Ryall Ken Smith Ryan Smith David Southwick Murray Thompson Bill Tilley Heidi Victoria Nick Wakeling Graham Watt Kim Wells Mary Wooldridge Lorraine Wreford

National (10)	Tim Bull Peter Crisp Hugh Delahunty Tim McCurdy Russell Northe Jeanette Powell Peter Ryan Bill Sykes Peter Walsh Paul Weller

Independent (1)	Geoff Shaw

Persondata
Name	Trezise, Ian
Alternative names	Trezise, Ian Douglas (full name)
Short description	Australian politician; Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
Date of birth	30 September 1959
Place of birth	Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Date of death
Place of death

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Ian Trezise

Background

Parliamentary career

References

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