Jane Hill (politician)
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Jane Margaret Hill is an Australia
n politician. She was an Australian Labor Party
member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
from 1982 to 1992, representing the electorates of Frankston
and Frankston East
.
Hill was born in the rural town of Dimboola
, where she attended Dimboola State School and Dimboola High School. She moved to Melbourne
after completing high school, and worked as a mothercraft nurse until her marriage in 1956. She lived in regional Victoria from 1956 to 1969, when she returned to Melbourne, settling in Frankston
. Hill resumed work in 1974, taking up a position as a catering officer at the Frankston Nursing Home. She was elected to the City of Frankston
council in 1979, and held both positions simultaneously until her election to parliament in 1982.
Frankston
was widely considered to be a safe Liberal seat in 1982, and Hill did not expect to win when she was preselected as the Labor candidate at the 1982 state election. Amidst a strong statewide Labor victory, however, she received a swing of 7.3%, defeating incumbent Liberal MP Graeme Weideman
by 76 votes in what was widely considered a major upset. Her seat was divided in two by a redistribution ahead of the 1985 election, where she was re-elected as the member for Frankston North
. She was again re-elected in 1988.
Hill faced a much tougher battle for re-election at the 1992 state election, as Labor lost office in a landslide defeat. She contested the new seat of Frankston East
against new Liberal candidate Peter McLellan, but was narrowly defeated in a result so close it was not known for several days.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n politician. She was an Australian Labor Party
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...
member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
Victorian Legislative Assembly
The Victorian Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the Parliament of Victoria in Australia. Together with the Victorian Legislative Council, the upper house, it sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Melbourne.-History:...
from 1982 to 1992, representing the electorates of Frankston
Electoral district of Frankston
The Electoral district of Frankston is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is currently based around the suburbs of Frankston and Frankston South south east of Melbourne....
and Frankston East
Electoral district of Frankston East
Electoral district of Frankston East was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria.-Members for Frankston East:...
.
Hill was born in the rural town of Dimboola
Dimboola, Victoria
Dimboola is located in Shire of Hindmarsh in the Wimmera region of Western Victoria, Australia, 334 kilometres north-west of Melbourne.Situated on the Wimmera River in the State of Victoria,the town of Dimboola was previously known as 'Nine Creeks'.Following a survey conducted in late 1862 by...
, where she attended Dimboola State School and Dimboola High School. She moved to Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
after completing high school, and worked as a mothercraft nurse until her marriage in 1956. She lived in regional Victoria from 1956 to 1969, when she returned to Melbourne, settling in Frankston
Frankston, Victoria
Frankston is a suburb within the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area in Victoria, Australia. It is located 40 km southeast of the state capital Melbourne at the southernmost edge of Greater Melbourne, near the beginnings of the Mornington Peninsula...
. Hill resumed work in 1974, taking up a position as a catering officer at the Frankston Nursing Home. She was elected to the City of Frankston
City of Frankston
The City of Frankston is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia, located in the southern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of 131 square kilometres and has a estimated population of 128,576 people....
council in 1979, and held both positions simultaneously until her election to parliament in 1982.
Frankston
Electoral district of Frankston
The Electoral district of Frankston is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is currently based around the suburbs of Frankston and Frankston South south east of Melbourne....
was widely considered to be a safe Liberal seat in 1982, and Hill did not expect to win when she was preselected as the Labor candidate at the 1982 state election. Amidst a strong statewide Labor victory, however, she received a swing of 7.3%, defeating incumbent Liberal MP Graeme Weideman
Graeme Weideman
George "Graeme" Weideman was a Victorian politician representing Frankston for the Liberal Party of Australia from 1976 to 1982 and 1992 to 1996. He served as Minister for Tourism and Assistant Minister for Health from 1981 until the fall of the Liberal Government in 1982.-References:...
by 76 votes in what was widely considered a major upset. Her seat was divided in two by a redistribution ahead of the 1985 election, where she was re-elected as the member for Frankston North
Electoral district of Frankston North
The Electoral district of Frankston North was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. It was formed in 1985 when population increases in the Frankston area saw the Electoral district of Frankston divided into Frankston North and Frankston South, but...
. She was again re-elected in 1988.
Hill faced a much tougher battle for re-election at the 1992 state election, as Labor lost office in a landslide defeat. She contested the new seat of Frankston East
Electoral district of Frankston East
Electoral district of Frankston East was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria.-Members for Frankston East:...
against new Liberal candidate Peter McLellan, but was narrowly defeated in a result so close it was not known for several days.