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Ministers & Members Search - THE HON. MARTIN PAKULA (KEYSBOROUGH)
Member Database
The Hon. Martin Pakula
- Electorate
- Keysborough
- Ministry
- Minister for Industry Support and Recovery
Minister for Trade
Minister for Business Precincts
Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events
Minister for Racing
- Party
- Australian Labor Party
- House
- Legislative Assembly
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Electorate Office
- Street Address
- Suite 3, 387-389 Springvale Road, Springvale, VIC 3171
- Phone
- (03) 9547 6262
Ministerial Office
- Street Address
- Level 36, 121 Exhibition Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000
- Phone
- (03) 8392 2221
Internet
- martin.pakula@parliament.vic.gov.au
About
- Name
- The Hon. Martin Pakula
- Birth Country
- Australia
- Memberships
- National Union of Workers
APHEDA
Carlton Football Club
Victoria Racing Club
Australian Institute of Company Directors
Law Institute of Victoria.
Academic
- Education
- Ormond PS. HSC 1986 (Haileybury College). BEc 1989, LLB(Hons) 1991 (Monash).
Occupation/Interests
Trade Union Official
Articles at Macpherson and Kelley Solicitors. National Union of Workers, Industrial Officer, 1993–2000; Assistant State Secretary, 2000–04; and State Secretary and National Vice President, 2004–06. Director of Labour Union Cooperative Retirement Fund (LUCRF), 2004-06.
Parliament History
- Parliamentary Service
Elected MLC for Western Metropolitan November 2006
Re-elected November 2010
Resigned March 2013
Elected MLA for Lyndhurst April 2013 (by-election)
Elected MLA for Keysborough November 2014
Re-elected November 2018
- Appointments
- Attorney-General December 2014 - December 2018
Minister for Racing since December 2014
Minister for Jobs, Innovation and Trade December 2018 - June 2020
Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events since December 2018
Shadow Minister for Corrections December 2013 - December 2014
Shadow Minister for Gaming and Racing December 2010 - December 2014
Shadow Minister for Scrutiny of Government December 2010 - December 2014
Shadow Attorney-General December 2010 - December 2014
Minister for Public Transport January 2010 - December 2010
Minister for Industrial Relations December 2008 - December 2010
Minister for Industry and Trade December 2008 - January 2010
Minister for the Coordination of Jobs, Precincts and Regions: COVID-19 April 2020 - November 2020
Minister for Industry Support and Recovery since June 2020
Minister for Trade since June 2020
Minister for Business Precincts since June 2020
- Parliamentary Party Positions
- Parliamentary Secretary for Transport December 2006 - August 2007
Parliamentary Secretary for Roads and Ports August 2007 - December 2008
- Party Positions
- Member ALP since 1987
Delegate to the Australian Young Labor National Executive in 1990
ALP Candidate for Goldstein 1993
Delegate to State Conference and National Conference
Member of Administrative Cttee 2000-06
- Speeches
Last updated: 16th February 2022