Darren Cheeseman - Citizendia

Darren Leicester Cheeseman (born 8 June 1976), Australian politician, was the successful Australian Labor Party candidate for the federal seat of Corangamite at the federal of election of 24 November 2007. Events 68 - The Roman Senate accepts emperor Galba. 536 - St Silverius becomes Pope (probable Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Division of Corangamite is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. Federal elections for the Parliament of Australia were held on Saturday 24 November 2007 after a 6-week campaign in which 13

Cheeseman was born in Ballarat and attended Mount Clear Technical High School. Ballarat (formerly spelt "Ballaarat" is a city in Victoria, Australia, and one of the country's largest inland cities He later received a Bachelor of Applied Science Geology at the University of Ballarat. The University of Ballarat is a dual-sector University in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. He worked for the Association for the Blind, and during that time also served as a Councillor for the City of Ballarat. Later he worked for the Community and Public Sector Union. Template talkInfobox Union for usage --> The Community and Public Sector Union (more commonly known as the CPSU ^[1]

In 2006 Cheeseman contested Labor preselection for Corangamite against the Labor candidate in 2004, former Geelong mayor Peter McMullin. MCite/Citephp.--> Geelong (dʒəˈlɔŋ is the second largest city in the state Peter McMullin (25 April 1952 was the Mayor of Geelong in 2006 and Deputy Lord Mayor of Melbourne between 1996 and 1999 ^[2] Having secured preselection, he went on to win the seat with a 6. 6% swing. McArthur had held the seat since 1984. Cheeseman attributed his win to opposition to the Liberal government's industrial relations laws, WorkChoices. The Workplace Relations Act 1996 as amended by the Workplace Relations Amendment Act 2005, or WorkChoices, which came into effect in March 2006, was the most ^[3] Labor had not won Corangamite since 1929. ^[2]

Cheeseman and his wife, Kirsty, plan to move from their current residence in Ballarat to Corangamite in the near future. ^[2]

References

^ ALP profile
^ ^a ^b ^c Whalley, Jeff, Ballarat man Darren Cheeseman breaks 70-year hoodoo in Corangamite, 26 November 2007, Geelong Advertiser
^ Rood, David, Swing to Cheeseman stops Lib's long run, 25 November 2007, The Age

External links

ALP profile

Parliament of Australia
Preceded by Stewart McArthur	Member for Corangamite 2007 – present	Incumbent

The Geelong Advertiser is a daily newspaper servicing Geelong, Victoria, Australia, the Bellarine Peninsula and surrounding areas The Age is a Broadsheet daily Newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854 The Parliament of Australia or Commonwealth Parliament is the legislative branch of government of Australia. Fergus Stewart McArthur (born 27 October 1937) Australian politician was a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian House of The Division of Corangamite is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria.

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