Martin Dixon

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The Honourable Martin Dixon MP

Victorian Minister for Education
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 December 2010
Premier	Ted Baillieu Denis Napthine
Preceded by	Bronwyn Pike
Member of the Victorian Parliament for Nepean
Incumbent
Assumed office 1996
Preceded by	Tony Hyams
Personal details
Political party	Liberal Party of Australia
Alma mater	Australian Catholic University and La Trobe University
Profession	Education
Website	www.martindixon.org

Martin Francis Dixon (born 29 September 1955) is an Australian politician. He is a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. He currently serves as Minister for Education and as a member of the Commonwealth Election Observers Panel.

Dixon was elected as the Member for the Electoral district of Dromana at the 1996 and 1999 Victorian state elections. At the 2002 Victorian state election, after the electoral boundaries were redistributed in 2001, Dixon was elected as the first Member of the newly created Electoral district of Nepean. He was reelected for this seat at the 2006 Victorian state election.

Dixon has been a member of a number of Joint Parliamentary Committees, as well as holding various portfolio positions in Shadow Cabinet including Education and Training, Education Services, Skills and Employment,Innovation, Victorian Communities and Veterans Affairs.

Education

Dixon was educated at Marcellin College, the Australian Catholic University and La Trobe University. He holds a Diploma of Teaching and a Bachelor of Education degree. Prior to entering Parliament, he worked as a teacher, a school principal and as Deputy Chairman of Primary Education at the Catholic Education Office in Melbourne.

References

External links

Hon Martin Dixon. Parliament of Victoria
Official website

Victorian Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Tony Hyams	Member for Dromana 1996–2002	Succeeded by Seat abolished
Preceded by Seat created	Member for Nepean 2002–present	Succeeded by Incumbent

v t e Current members of the Cabinet of Victoria

Napthine Ryan Asher Clark Dalla-Riva Davis Delahunty Dixon Guy Hall Kotsiras Lovell Mulder O'Brien O'Donohue Powell Rich-Phillips Smith Walsh Wells Wooldridge

v t e Current Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly

Labor (43)	Jacinta Allan Daniel Andrews Ann Barker Liz Beattie Colin Brooks Christine Campbell Anthony Carbines Ben Carroll Lily D'Ambrosio Luke Donnellan Joanne Duncan Maree Edwards John Eren Martin Foley Jane Garrett Judith Graley Danielle Green Bronwyn Halfpenny Joe Helper Jill Hennessy Steve Herbert Geoff Howard Natalie Hutchins Marlene Kairouz Jennifer Kanis Sharon Knight Telmo Languiller Hong Lim Frank McGuire Justin Madden James Merlino Don Nardella Lisa Neville Wade Noonan Martin Pakula Tim Pallas John Pandazopoulos Jude Perera Fiona Richardson Robin Scott Marsha Thomson Ian Trezise Richard Wynne

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	Dixon, Martin
Alternative names
Short description	Australian politician
Date of birth	29 September 1955
Place of birth	Melbourne, Victoria
Date of death
Place of death

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