Lou Lieberman

Lou Lieberman

Louis Stuart "Lou" Lieberman is an Australian politician and was a member of both the Victorian Legislative Assembly and the Australian House of Representatives.

Born on 13 May, 1938 at Swan Hill, Lou Lieberman was educated at Albury High School. He studied law while working as a law clerk and became a founding partner in the Wodonga law firm of Lieberman Harris Boyd. He became a barrister in 1961 and also served in the military for a time.

He served on the local consultative council for the development of the Albury-Wodonga growth centre planned by the Whitlam Government in 1973. [cite web
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Political career

In 1976, he stood for the Liberal Party for the seat of Benambra in the Victorian Legislative Assembly. Although it had been held by the National Party since 1932, he defeated the National Party candidate, Bill Baxter, and was elected. He served as Assistant Minister of Health from 1979-1981, Minister for Planning from 1979-1982, Minister of Minerals and Energy and Minister of Mines in 1981, and Minister of Local Government 1981-1982. He was a member of the Victorian Parliament until 1992.

He stood for the seat of Indi for the Liberal Party at the 1993 Federal Election. He retained the seat, succeeding Ewen Cameron. During his three terms in parliament he served on several committees; he chaired the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs and the Joint Committee on Publications.

He was in New York on September 11 attending a United Nations conference. [cite web
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accessdate =2007-08-12 ] He was staying in a flat 3km north of the World Trade Center when the first plane hit.

After he decided not to stand for the seat of Indi, the Liberal Party preselected Melbournian Sophie Panopoulos as their candidate for the 2001 Federal Election.

Retirement

In 1999, he was elected to the Board of Directors of the Hume Building Society, a local building society in the Albury Wodonga area.He became involved in raising money to upgrade facilities at Albury’s Mercy Health Service where he headed the building gift-giving program committee.

He has also served on the Council of La Trobe University.

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