Ian John Maxfield is a former Australia

Australia

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n politician.

Born in Warragul

Warragul, Victoria

Warragul is a rural centre with a population of 12,943 people east-southeast of Melbourne in Victoria. Warragul lies between the Strzelecki Ranges to the south and the Mount Baw Baw Plateau of the Great Dividing Range to the north...

, Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

, he graduated from Drouin

Drouin, Victoria

Drouin is a major service town, located in West Gippsland, east of Melbourne. Its local government area is the Shire of Baw Baw. The town is supposedly named after a Frenchman who invented a chlorination process for the extraction of ore or an Aboriginal word meaning "north wind". New estate...

 High School in 1976. In 1979 he received an A Grade Electrical Mechanic and Motor Control from Noble Park

Noble Park, Victoria

Noble Park is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 26 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Greater Dandenong...

 TAFE and became an electrician. In 1986 he became an organiser with the Shop Assistants Union. In 1999, he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly

Victorian Legislative Assembly

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 as the Labor

Australian Labor Party

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 member for the Liberal

Liberal Party of Australia

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-held seat of Narracan

Electoral district of Narracan

The Electoral district of Narracan is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It was first proclaimed in 1967 and has usually been held by the Liberal Party....

, defeating sitting member Florian Andrighetto

Florian Andrighetto

Florian Andrighetto is an Australian politician. He was a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 1999, representing the electorate of Narracan....

. He held the seat until 2006, when he lost his seat in a surprise defeat to Liberal candidate Gary Blackwood

Gary Blackwood (politician)

Gary John Blackwood is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since November 2006, representing the electorate of Narracan.-Early life:...

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