Biography for LIEBERMAN, the Hon. Louis (Lou) StuartMember for Indi (Vic) 1993-2001
Liberal Party of Australia
Parliamentary Service
State: Elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Benambra 20.3.76.
Retired 14.8.92.
Federal: Elected to the House of Representatives for Indi, Victoria, 1993, 1996 and 1998. Retired prior to general elections 2001.
Ministerial Appointments
State: Assistant Minister for Health (Vic) 1979-81.
Minister for Planning (Vic) 1979-82.
Minister for Mines (Vic) 1981.
Minister for Minerals and Energy (Vic) 1981.
Minister for Local Government (Vic) 1981-82.
Committee Service
House of Representatives Standing: Privileges from 12.5.93 to 8.10.01; Industry, Science and Technology from 12.5.93 to 29.1.96; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs from 29.5.96 (Chair from 30.5.96) to 8.10.01; Publications from 26.6.96 (Chair from 27.6.96) to 8.10.01; Family and Community Affairs from 27.11.97 to 31.8.98.
Joint: Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade from 26.5.93 to 8.10.01.
Conferences, Delegations and Visits
Deputy Leader, Official Delegation to the European Parliamentary Institutions and bilateral visit to France, September-October 1994.
Member, Parliamentary Delegation to AIPO meeting, Phuket, Thailand, September 1996.
Bilateral visits to Canada and USA, October-November 1999.
Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Hungary and Poland, October 2000.
Parliamentary Adviser, United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), New York, September-December 2001.
Parliamentary Party Positions
State: Shadow Minister for Health; Further Education; Water Resources; Property and Services 1982-91.
Federal: Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition from 6.12.94 to 11.3.96.
Personal
Born 23.5.1938, Swan Hill, Vic.
Married.
Qualifications and Occupation before entering Federal Parliament
DipLaw (Syd).
Barrister and solicitor.
Member, Legislative Assembly (Vic) (see Parliamentary Service above).
Military Service
Major, Australian Army Reserve from 1958.
Electorate
Description: Rural and regional.
Location: North-eastern Victoria; it includes the centres of Beechworth, Benalla, Bright, Chiltern, Corryong, Euroa, Falls Creek, Hotham Heights, Mt Beauty, Mt Buffalo, Myrtleford, Rutherglen, Tallangatta, Wangaratta, Wodonga, Yackandandah and Yarrawonga
Area: 24 044 sq km (approx.).
Electors enrolled: 82 066 (at 3.10.98).
Industries: Forestry, tobacco, grain, food manufacturing, fruit, wine, agriculture, beef, dairying, defence and tourism.
State electorates: Indi includes the Victorian Legislative Assembly electorates of Benambra, Benalla and Murray Valley.