John Lenders

Infobox_Premier
honorific-prefix =
name = John Lenders
honorific-suffix =
MLC BEd LLB JP
nationality =Australian


order =Treasurer of Victoria
term_start =3 August, 2007
term_end =
predecessor =John Brumby
successor =
office2 = Minister for Education
term_start2 = 1 December 2006
term_end2 = 8 August 2007
predecessor2 = Lynne Kosky
successor2 = Bronwyn Pike
birth_date =Birth date and age|1958|10|1|mf=y
birth_place =Warragul, Victoria
death_date =
death_place =
constituency =
party =Australian Labor Party
spouse =
profession =Farmer, Party Official


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John Lenders MLC is the Treasurer in Victoria, Australia. He was appointed to this position in August 2007 following the appointment of new premier John Brumby. Lenders is also the Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council.

He is currently one of the five members elected to represent the Southern Metropolitan Region. and is a member of the Malvern branch of the Australian Labor Party.

Prior Positions

Lenders entered parliament in September 1999, as the MLA for Dandenong North. During this period, he served as the Parliamentary Secretary for Treasury and Finance. [http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/handbook/searchresult.cfm?menuid=1&memberId=117 Parliament of Victoria Parliamentary Handbook] ] [http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregfull.cfm?mid=117 Parliament of Victoria Members Database] ]

He was then elected, in the subsequent 2002 election, MLC for Waverley. As Minister for Industrial Relations, in 2002, he championed the Federal Awards (Uniform System) Bill, which sought to provide Federal award employment protection to Victoria's non-award covered workers, which was passed by Parliament in 2003.

Lenders was also made Minister for Consumer Affairs and Minister for Finance in 2002 - portfolio's he occupied until 2005 and 2006 respectively. In January, 2005, he was made Minister for Major Projects, Minister for WorkCover and the TAC which he occupied until December 2006.

Lenders was elected to his current position of MLC for Southern Metropolitan Region in November 2006. In December of the same year, he was promoted to Minister for Education. On the 3 August 2007 Lenders was again promoted to Treasurer, following the resignation of former Premier Steve Bracks.

Prior to his election in 1999, he had been the State Secretary and Campaign Director of the Victorian ALP since 1994. During this time, he was also a member of the National Executive and Campaign Committee.

Family

John is the son of dairy farmers from Gippsland, and is married with three children. He grew up in regional Victoria, before moving to Melbourne for tertiary education.

Education

Lenders attended Drouin East PS in 1963. He then moved to St Joseph's PS in Trafalgar until graduation in 1969. Lenders studied education at Rusden Teachers College after attending Trafalgar High School; before going on to study law at Monash University

Memberships

Lenders is a member of the Australian Fabian Society; the Australian Services Union; Bicycle Victoria; and is a fellow of the [http://www.leadershipvictoria.org/wclp/wclp.cfm Williamson Community Leadership Program] .

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