Robert Dean
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Robert Logan Dean Australia
n politician
is former member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
.
Before entering politics, Dean worked as a lawyer, having obtained a Doctor of Laws from the University of Melbourne
. In 1992 Dean, a long time Liberal Party of Australia
activist obtained preselection for the marginal Australian Labor Party
seat of Berwick
and in the wake of the 1992 Kennett landslide he easily defeated former Treasurer
Robert Jolly.
After the re-election of the Kennett
government
in 1996 Dean was promoted to the position of Parliamentary Secretary for Justice which he held until the Liberals lost government at the 1999 election. Despite being associated with the forces opposed to Denis Napthine
's leadership, Dean was promoted to shadow cabinet after the election serving as shadow Attorney-General and shadow minister for Aboriginal Affairs.
In 2001 a redistribution carried out by the Victorian Electoral Commission
abolished his seat of Berwick as well as the neighbouring seat of Pakenham
held by former Deputy Leader Robert Maclellan replacing them with the seat of Gembrook
. Dean narrowly won a bitter preselection for the new seat against Maclellan.
In October 2002 Robert Doyle
launched a successful coup against Napthine's leadership. An ally of Doyle, Dean was promoted to the key position of shadow Treasurer. However, the following month it emerged that Dean was not actually enrolled to vote (and therefore ineligible to stand in the election), having failed to update his address after he moved out of his residence in Berwick
after his preselection victory for Gembrook. The incident derailed the Liberal campaign, with Treasurer John Brumby
exclaiming how could the Liberals manage the economy if its own shadow Treasurer could not manage his own affairs. Robert Doyle later spoke of how the issue cost the significant momentum in the campaign.http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/CIB/2002-03/03Cib13.htm Dean, legally unable to stand as candidate, was forced to retire from politics.
Australia
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n politician
Politician
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is former 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:...
.
Before entering politics, Dean worked as a lawyer, having obtained a Doctor of Laws from the University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne is a public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1853, it is the second oldest university in Australia and the oldest in Victoria...
. In 1992 Dean, a long time 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...
activist obtained preselection for the marginal 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...
seat of Berwick
Electoral district of Berwick
Electoral district of Berwick was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. It was abolished in 2002.-Members for Berwick:...
and in the wake of the 1992 Kennett landslide he easily defeated former Treasurer
Treasurer
A treasurer is the person responsible for running the treasury of an organization. The adjective for a treasurer is normally "tresorial". The adjective "treasurial" normally means pertaining to a treasury, rather than the treasurer.-Government:...
Robert Jolly.
After the re-election of the Kennett
Jeff Kennett
Jeffrey Gibb Kennett AC , a former Australian politician, was the Premier of Victoria between 1992 and 1999. He is currently the President of Hawthorn Football Club. He is the founding Chairman of beyondblue, a national depression initiative.- Early life :Kennett was born in Melbourne on 2 March...
government
Government
Government refers to the legislators, administrators, and arbitrators in the administrative bureaucracy who control a state at a given time, and to the system of government by which they are organized...
in 1996 Dean was promoted to the position of Parliamentary Secretary for Justice which he held until the Liberals lost government at the 1999 election. Despite being associated with the forces opposed to Denis Napthine
Denis Napthine
Denis Vincent Napthine is an Australian politician for the Liberal Party in the state of Victoria. He is a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, representing the electoral district of South-West Coast.- Early life :...
's leadership, Dean was promoted to shadow cabinet after the election serving as shadow Attorney-General and shadow minister for Aboriginal Affairs.
In 2001 a redistribution carried out by the Victorian Electoral Commission
Victorian Electoral Commission
The Victorian Electoral Commission , or VEC, is the government agency responsible for the running of state, municipal and various non-government elections in Victoria.-An Independent Agency:...
abolished his seat of Berwick as well as the neighbouring seat of Pakenham
Electoral district of Pakenham
Electoral district of Pakenham was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria.-Members for Pakenham:...
held by former Deputy Leader Robert Maclellan replacing them with the seat of Gembrook
Electoral district of Gembrook
The Electoral district of Gembrook is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is situated just outside metropolitan Melbourne...
. Dean narrowly won a bitter preselection for the new seat against Maclellan.
In October 2002 Robert Doyle
Robert Doyle
Robert Keith Bennett Doyle is an Australian politician and the 103rd Lord Mayor of Melbourne, elected on 30 November 2008...
launched a successful coup against Napthine's leadership. An ally of Doyle, Dean was promoted to the key position of shadow Treasurer. However, the following month it emerged that Dean was not actually enrolled to vote (and therefore ineligible to stand in the election), having failed to update his address after he moved out of his residence in Berwick
Berwick, Victoria
Berwick is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Casey. At the 2006 Census, Berwick had a population of 36,420....
after his preselection victory for Gembrook. The incident derailed the Liberal campaign, with Treasurer John Brumby
John Brumby
John Mansfield Brumby , is an Australian Labor Party politician who was Premier of Victoria from 2007 to 2010. He became Premier after the resignation of Steve Bracks. He also served as the Minister for Veterans' Affairs and the Minister for Multicultural Affairs. He contested his first election...
exclaiming how could the Liberals manage the economy if its own shadow Treasurer could not manage his own affairs. Robert Doyle later spoke of how the issue cost the significant momentum in the campaign.http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/CIB/2002-03/03Cib13.htm Dean, legally unable to stand as candidate, was forced to retire from politics.