Kelvin Thomson

Kelvin Thomson

Infobox MP


name = Kelvin Thomson
honorific-suffix = MP
caption =
constituency_MP = Wills
parliament = Australian
term_start = March 1996
term_end =
predecessor = Phil Cleary
successor = Incumbent
party = Australian Labor Party
birth_date = birth date and age|1955|5|1|df=yes
birth_place = flagicon|AUS Coburg, Victoria
nationality = Australian
residence =
alma_mater = University of Melbourne
occupation = lawyer, public servant, electorate secretary
profession =
website = [http://www.kelvinthomson.com.au www.kelvinthomson.com.au]

Kelvin John Thomson (born 1 May, 1955) is an Australian politician. Since March 1996 Thomson has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing the Division of Wills in Victoria. He is the Chairperson of the Federal Parliaments Joint Standing Committee on Treaties.

Thomson was born in Coburg, Victoria. He has been active in improving the local environment of Pascoe Vale and north-western Melbourne from a young age. He received a Bachelor of Art and Law from the University of Melbourne and the Supreme Court Prize for Law. He joined the Australian Labor Party in 1975 and was a public servant and electorate Secretary to Senator Gareth Evans before entering politics. Thomson entered local politics serving as a councillor in the Coburg City Council from 1981 to 1988 and as deputy mayor from 1983 to 1984 and 1987 to 1988. In October 1988, Thomson was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the member for the Electoral district of Pascoe Vale. He was a member of the Opposition Shadow Ministry from 1992 to 1994, and in 1994 he served as the Manager of Opposition Business.Parliamentary Library. [http://www.aph.gov.au/house/members/biography.asp?id=UK6 Mr Kelvin Thomson MP, Member for Wills] ]

In August 1997, Thomson joined the Opposition Shadow Ministry. From 2003 to 2004 he was Shadow Minister for the Environment and Heritage; Shadow Minister for Regional Development and Roads, Housing and Urban Development from 2004 to 2005; and in June 2005 he was appointed Shadow Minister for Public Accountability and Shadow Minister for Human Services. After the election of Kevin Rudd to party leadership in December 2006, Thomson was appointed to the position of Shadow Attorney-General.

On March 9, 2007, it was revealed that Thomson's office had provided Melbourne gangland figure Tony Mokbel with a personal reference, describing Mokbel as a "responsible, caring husband and father". Thomson resigned from Labor's front bench after the reference became public. It was later revealed by the media that up until 2000, there had only been one mention of Tony Mokbel in the media, a positive article in the "Herald Sun" about the contributions Mokbel's businesses made to the local economy in Moreland. [ [http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21352118-2,00.html MP resigns over gangland link] - "The Australian", 2007-03-10] [ [http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/thomson-quits-alp-frontbench-over-letter/2007/03/09/1173166958060.html ALP law chief quits over crook reference] - "Sydney Morning Herald", 2007-03-09]

At the 2007 federal election, Thomson retained his seat of Wills with over 72 percent of the two party vote, an increase of five percent.

Kelvin Thomson was married to Victorian Labor MP Marsha Thomson until they separated in 2003. They have two children.

References

External links

* [http://www.kelvinthomson.com.au/ Home Page]
* [http://www.myspace.com/kelvinthomsonmp Kelvin Thompson at My Space]
* [http://www.facebook.com/people/Kelvin_Thomson_MP/634701493 Kelvin Thompson at Facebook]


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