The Shire of East Gippsland is a local government area in Gippsland,Victoria,Australia,located in the eastern part of the state. It covers an area of 20,940 square kilometres (8,080 sq mi) and as of the 2021 census had a population of 48,715.
Denis Vincent Napthine is an Australian former politician and veterinarian who served as the 47th premier of Victoria from 2013 to 2014. He held office as the leader of the Victorian division of the Liberal Party of Australia (LPA) and was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the district of Portland from 1988 to 2002,before transferring to that of South-West Coast from 2002 to 2015.
The Gippsland Lakes are a network of coastal lakes,marshes and lagoons in East Gippsland,Victoria,Australia covering an overall area of about 354 km2 (137 sq mi) between the rural towns of Lakes Entrance,Bairnsdale and Sale. The largest of the lakes are Lake Wellington,Lake King and Lake Victoria. The lakes are collectively fed by the Avon,Thomson,Latrobe,Mitchell,Nicholson and Tambo Rivers,and drain into Bass Strait through a short canal about 2 km (1.2 mi) southwest of Lakes Entrance town centre.
The 2002 Victorian state election,held on Saturday,30 November 2002,was for the 55th Parliament of Victoria. It was held to elect the 88 members of Victorian Legislative Assembly and 22 members of the 44-member Legislative Council.
Terence Wynn Mulder is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1999 to 2015,representing the Colac-based electorate of Polwarth. He served as Minister for Public Transport and Minister for Roads in the Baillieu and Napthine governments from 2010 to 2014.
Peter Julian Ryan is a former Australian politician who was leader of The Nationals in Victoria from 1999 to 2014. He represented the electoral district of Gippsland South from 1992 to 2015,and from 2010 to 2014 was the Deputy Premier of Victoria as well as the Minister for Rural and Regional Development. In addition,Ryan was the Minister for Police from 2010 to 2013.
The electoral district of Gippsland East is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers most of eastern Victoria and includes the towns of Bairnsdale,Lakes Entrance,Orbost,Omeo,Maffra and Heyfield. Gippsland East is the state's third largest electorate in area and covers 27,544 square kilometres.
Metung is a town in East Gippsland region of Victoria,Australia. The town is 314 kilometres (195 mi) east of the state capital Melbourne and between the larger towns of Bairnsdale and Lakes Entrance. It is on a small peninsula 31 kilometres (19 mi) south-east of Bairnsdale,separating Lake King and Bancroft Bay on the Gippsland Lakes.
Alan John Brown is an Australian former politician who served as a Liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly,and Leader of the Opposition from 1989 to 1991.
Craig Ingram is a former Australian politician,and was the Independent Member of Parliament for Gippsland East in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1999 to 2010. In 2012 he was appointed as executive officer for the Amateur Fisherman's Association of the NT (AFANT).
Russell John Northe is an Australian former politician who was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 2006 until his retirement in 2022. Prior to winning preselection by The Nationals for the seat of Morwell,he was a local Australian rules footballer. He resigned from The Nationals in August 2017,and served the rest of his time in office as an independent member of parliament. Following Northe's retirement at the 2022 state election,National member Martin Cameron won Northe's previous seat of Morwell.
Ryan James Smith is an Australian politician. He was a Liberal Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 2006 to 2023,representing the electorate of Warrandyte. He was Minister for Environment and Climate Change and Minister for Youth Affairs from 2010 to 2014,serving in both the Baillieu and Napthine governments.
Peter Lindsay Walsh is an Australian politician. He has been a National Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 2002,representing the electorate of Swan Hill until 2014 and Murray Plains thereafter. He was state leader of the Nationals from 2014 to 2024 and served as Minister for Agriculture and Food Security and Minister for Water in the Baillieu and Napthine Coalition governments.
Elizabeth Jeanette Powell is a British-born Australian politician. She was a National Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 2002 to 2014,representing the electorate of Shepparton. She was previously a member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 1996 to 2002,representing North Eastern Province.
Gary John Blackwood is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly between November 2006 and November 2022,representing the electorate of Narracan.
Johnsonville is a town in the East Gippsland region of Victoria,Australia. It is located on the Princes Highway 18.9 km east from the city of Bairnsdale and 18.3 km west from the tourist resort and fishing port of Lakes Entrance. The town encompasses an area of approximately 5,617 hectares,56 square kilometres or 13,879 acres.
Kimberley Arthur Wells is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 1992,representing first Wantirna and then Scoresby and Rowville. Wells was the Treasurer of Victoria from December 2010 until March 2013. Wells was born in Leongatha,Victoria,and attended public schools in Bairnsdale,graduating in 1976. He is the current father of the Legislative Assembly and parliament of Victoria.
The 2014 Victorian state election,held on Saturday,29 November 2014,was for the 58th Parliament of Victoria. All 88 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly and 40 seats in the Victorian Legislative Council were up for election. The incumbent centre-right Coalition minority government,led by Liberal Party leader and Premier Denis Napthine and National Party leader and Deputy Premier Peter Ryan,was defeated by the centre-left Labor Party opposition,led by Daniel Andrews. The Greens won two lower house seats,their first Legislative Assembly seats in a Victorian state election,whilst increasing their share of upper house seats. The new Andrews Ministry was sworn in on 4 December 2014.
Adrian Stuart Bromage is a businessman and former Australian rules footballer who most notably played for East Fremantle in the Western Australian Football League (WAFL) during the 1990s. He was the winner of the Sandover Medal for the best and fairest player in the 1998 Westar Rules season.
Sir Albert Eli Lind was an Australian politician.
