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| John Lenders JP MLC BEd LLB | |
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| Treasurer of Victoria | |
| In office 3 August 2007 – 2 December 2010 | |
| Preceded by | John Brumby |
| Succeeded by | Kim Wells |
| Minister for Education | |
| In office 1 December 2006 – 8 August 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Lynne Kosky |
| Succeeded by | Bronwyn Pike |
| Minister for Finance | |
| In office 12 February 2002 – 1 December 2006 | |
| Succeeded by | Tim Holding |
| Minister for Major Projects | |
| In office 25 January 2005 – 1 December 2006 | |
| Minister for WorkCover and the TAC | |
| In office 25 January 2005 – 1 December 2006 | |
| Minister for Consumer Affairs | |
| In office 5 December 2002 – 25 January 2005 | |
| Minister for Industrial Relations | |
| In office 12 February 2002 – 5 December 2002 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1958-10-01) 1 October 1958 (age 66) Warragul, Victoria |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Profession | Trade Unionist, Party Official |
John Lenders is the immediate past Treasurer of Victoria. He was appointed Treasurer in August 2007 following the appointment of Premier John Brumby and was succeeded on 3 December 2010 after the election of the Baillieu Government. Lenders also served as the Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council during the tenure of the Labor Government.
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.
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 - portfolios 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 to the Victorian State Parliament in 1999, he was Assistant State Secretary 1988 had later State Secretary and Campaign Director of the Victorian ALP in 1994. During this time, he was also a member of the National Executive and Campaign Committee.
Family
Lenders 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 Primary School in 1963. He then moved to St Joseph's Primary School 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
A member of the Australian labor Party and a former State Secratary.
Lenders is also a member of the Australian Fabian Society; the Australian Services Union; Bicycle Victoria; and is a fellow of the Williamson Community Leadership Program. In September 2010 John lenders as awarded Honorary Life Membership of the Proportional Representation Society of Australia in recognition of his commitment to reform of the Victorian Legislative Council which he oversaw in the lead-up to and following the State Labor Party's re-election in 2002.