Gordon Kenneth Rich-Phillips (born 8 July 1974) is an Australia

Australia

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n politician

Politician

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 representing the Liberal Party of Australia

Liberal Party of Australia

The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...

 in the Victorian Legislative Council

Victorian Legislative Council

The Victorian Legislative Council, is the upper of the two houses of the Parliament of Victoria, Australia; the lower house being the Legislative Assembly. Both houses sit in Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne. The Legislative Council serves as a house of review, in a similar fashion to...

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Rich-Phillips first entered the Legislative Council at the 1999 election narrowly defeating Carlos Baldovino of the Australian Labor Party

Australian Labor Party

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 in Eumemmerring Province

Eumemmerring Province

Eumemmerring Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council. It existed as a two-member electorate from 1985 to 2006, with members holding alternating eight-year terms. It was a marginal seat throughout its existence, changing parties in the large landslide elections of 1992 and 2002...

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Since the election of the Baillieu government at the November 2010 elections he serves as Assistant Treasurer (including WorkCover

WorkSafe Victoria

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 and the Transport Accident Commission

Transport Accident Commission

The Transport Accident Commission is the statutory insurer of third-party personal liability for road accidents in the State of Victoria. It was established under the Transport Accident Act 1986....

), Minister for Technology and Minister for the Aviation Industry.

After the reforms to introduce proportional representation

Proportional representation

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 into Legislative Council abolished his electorate, Rich-Phillips was preselected in the safe number one position in South Eastern Metropolitan Region for the Liberal Party at the 2006 election

Victorian state election, 2006

An election for the 56th Parliament of Victoria took place on Saturday, 25 November 2006. Just over 3 million Victorians registered to vote elected 88 members to the Legislative Assembly and, for the first time, 40 members to the Legislative Council under a proportional representation system...

. Prior to that election, he was the youngest member of the Upper House.