Darren Cheeseman - Member for Corangamite

Parliament House Office

PO Box 6022
House of Representatives
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600

Tel:

(02) 6277 4702

Fax:

(02) 6277 8524

Email:

Email Darren

Corangamite Electorate Office

2/75 High Street
Belmont VIC 3216

Tel:

03 5243 2400

Fax:

03 5241 1863

Biography

Darren Cheeseman will bring local knowledge, energy, and a wealth of experience to representing the people of Corangamite.

Darren grew up in South West Victoria, spent his teenage years at the Mount Clear Technical High School, and then studied for a Bachelor of Applied Science Geology at the University of Ballarat.

Darren has served as a Councillor for the City of Ballarat. During that time Darren also worked for the former Association for the Blind, raising funds to improve services for the blind and vision impaired.

Since then Darren had the privilege to work for the Community and Public Sector Union, coordinating campaigns for members across regional and rural Victoria to improve wages, conditions and workplace rights.

Darren is passionate about securing economic opportunities for Western Victoria, and is focused on education and training, tackling climate change and restoring a fair industrial relations system.

Darren is a passionate supporter of the Geelong Football Club.

Electorate Profile

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State: Victoria (Provincial)

Name: Named after Lake Corangamite. The name of the lake originated from the Aboriginal word for 'bitter', describing the salt content of the lake.

Area and Location Description:It covers an area of 7724 sq km encasing spectacular coastline, scenic rainforest, magnificent beaches, and rolling plains. The localities of Anglesea, Apollo Bay, Barwon Heads, Colac, Inverleigh, Linton, Lorne, Torquay and Winchelsea and parts of the Greater City of Geelong (Belmont, Grovedale, Highton, Ocean Grove, Portarlington) are located in this division.

The division of Corangamite is bordered by the division of Wannon to the west, the division of Ballarat to the north and the division of Corio to the east.

Products/Industries of the area:Includes primary production (beef, crops, dairy, fishing, forestry, horticulture and organic farming and sheep), food processing, manufacturing, retail and tourism.

First Proclaimed/Election: 1900/1901

Members:

• Darren Cheeseman (ALP) 2007-
• S McArthur (LP) 1984-2007
• A A Street (LP) 1966-84
• E D Mackinnon (LP) 1953-66
• A M McDonald (UAP/LP) 1940-53
• G A Street (UAP) 1934-40
• W G Gibson (CP) 1931-34
• R A Crouch (ALP) 1929-31
• W G Gibson (FU/VFU/CP) 1918-29
• J C Manifold (LIB/NAT) 1913-18
• J H Scullin (ALP) 1910-13
• J G Wilson (FT/ANTI-SOC) 1903-10
• J C Manifold (PROT) 1901-03