Michael Crutchfield (born December 12, 1961) is an Australian politician. Events 627 - Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II 's Persian Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He is currently the member for South Barwon in the Victorian Legislative Assembly. South Barwon is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. The Legislative Assembly, or lower house is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Victoria in Australia
Crutchfield was born in Melbourne, but attended high school in the coastal city of Warrnambool. Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 Warrnambool is a regional city with a population of 30392 people on the south-western coast of Victoria, Australia, located in the municipality City of Warrnambool He studied to become a teacher at the University of Western Australia before returning to Victoria and taking up a position as a teacher at Chanel College in Geelong. The University of Western Australia (UWA is the oldest university in the state of Western Australia. Chanel College was a Roman Catholic school for boys in Geelong, Victoria Australia MCite/Citephp.--> Geelong (dʒəˈlɔŋ is the second largest city in the state Two years later, however, he left the position and took on a position as a career firefighter with the Country Fire Authority. History CFA operates under the Country Fire Authority Act of 1958 its amendments and Regulations
He ran for and was elected to the council of the City of Greater Geelong in 1995. The City of Greater Geelong is a Local Government Area in Victoria Australia. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 He was a popular and high-profile councillor, and subsequently served as the city's mayor from 2000 to 2001. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Crutchfield remained on the council after losing the mayoralty, and contested Australian Labor Party preselection for the state seat of South Barwon, which was considered a safe seat for the conservative Liberal Party of Australia, and had never been won by Labor before in its history. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Aided considerably by a statewide landslide victory for Labor, Crutchfield defeated long-serving incumbent Alister Paterson, and took up his seat in parliament.
Crutchfield is currently Parliamentary Secretary for Water and the Environment and is passionate about addressing climate change and tackling sustainable water supply issues.
He is an avid Geelong Cats supporter and a former coach and captain of the South Barwon football team.
External links
- Michael Crutchfield Parliamentary handbook information
- Labor lands a clean sweep
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