Mr Christian Zahra AM

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Parliamentary service

Elected to the House of Representatives for McMillan, Victoria, 1998. Re-elected 2001. Defeated at general elections 2004.

Committee service

House of Representatives Standing: Industry, Science and Resources served from 8.12.1998 to 8.10.2001; Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry served from 20.3.2002 to 13.5.2004

Parliamentary party positions

Australian Labor Party. Served: 03.10.1998 to 09.10.2004
Shadow Parliamentary Secretary to the Shadow Minister for Communications from 25.11.2001 to 18.2.2003.
Shadow Parliamentary Secretary to the Shadow Minister for Regional Development, Transport, Infrastructure and Tourism from 18.2.2003 to 8.12.2003.
Shadow Cabinet Minister from 2.7.2003 to 22.10.2004.
Shadow Parliamentary Secretary to the Shadow Minister for Urban and Regional Development, Transport, Infrastructure and Tourism from 8.12.2003 to 22.10.2004.

Party positions

Delegate to the Australian Labor Party Youth Conference from 1992.
Member of the Young Labor Executive (Vic.), 1993.
Member of the Young Labor Executive (Vic.) from 1995 to 1996.
Secretary of the Australian Labor Party McMillan Federal Electorate Council (Vic.) from 1995 to 1996.
Secretary of Young Labor (Vic.), 1996.
Delegate to the Australian Labor Party State Conference (Vic.) from 1997.

Personal

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

BEc (La Trobe University).
Electorate officer to B Cunningham, MP from 1994 to 1996.
Finance Project Leader for Gippsland Water from 1996 to 1997.
Chief Executive Officer for the Aboriginal Health Service, Morwell (Vic.) from 1997 to 1998.

Electorate

Name: McMillan
Location: south-eastern Victoria; it includes the centres of Boolarra, Churchill, Darnum, Drouin, Erica, Moe, Morwell, Neerim South, Pakenham, Thorpdale, Trafalgar, Traralgon, Walhalla, Warragul, Yarragon and Yinnar.
Area: 5,744 Sq km
Electors enrolled: 85,551 (at 10.11.2001)
Industries: dairy farming, coal mining, power generation, paper manufacturing, fruit, forestry, potato growing, sawmilling and tourism.
Includes: McMillan includes the Victorian Legislative Assembly electorate of Narracan, and parts of Gippsland South, Gippsland West, Morwell and Pakenham.

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