Mr Mike Symon MP

Michael Symon

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Member for Deakin, Victoria

Party
Australian Labor Party
Chamber
House of Representatives

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Contact details

Parliament Office

PO Box 6022
House of Representatives
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600

Telephone:
(02) 6277 4255
Fax:
(02) 6277 8451

Electorate Office

(Principal Office)

Unit 5, 602 Whitehorse Road
Mitcham, VIC, 3132

Postal address
PO Box 232
Mitcham, VIC, 3132

Telephone:
(03) 9874 4544
Fax:
(03) 9874 4644

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Alternative URL

www.aph.gov.au/M_Symon_MP

Biography

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Parliamentary service

  • Elected to the House of Representatives for Deakin, Victoria, 2007 and 2010.

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Parliamentary positions

  • Member, Speaker's Panel from 7.2.12.

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Committee service

  • House of Representatives Standing: Employment and Workplace Relations from 11.3.08 to 19.7.10; Industry, Science and Innovation from 11.3.08 to 19.7.10; Education and Training from 17.6.09 to 19.7.10; Education and Employment from 25.10.10; Infrastructure and Communications from 25.10.10; Petitions from 25.10.10; Privileges and Members' Interests from 25.10.10; Social Policy and Legal Affairs from 7.2.12 to 14.8.12.
  • Joint Standing: National Broadband Network from 22.3.11; Treaties from 6.2.13.

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Conferences, delegations and visits

  • Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Singapore, January 2010.
  • Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Cambodia, September 2011.

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Party positions

  • Delegate, ALP State Conference from 1998.
  • Member, ALP Public Office Selection Committee from 2003.
  • Member, ALP Industrial Affairs Policy Committee from 2003; Secretary 2005-06.
  • President, ALP Ringwood Branch 2005; Secretary from 2006.

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Personal

  • Born 21.2.1965, Box Hill, Vic.
  • Married.

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Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

  • Diploma of Occupational Health and Safety (CFMEU Training Unit, Melbourne).
  • Licensed electrician (Box Hill TAFE).
  • Union official.
  • Campaign officer.

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Electorate

  • Description: outer metropolitan.
    Location: eastern Melbourne; it includes the suburbs of Bayswater North, Blackburn, Blackburn North, Blackburn South, Burwood East, Croydon, Croydon South, Forest Hill, Heathmont, Mitcham, Nunawading, Ringwood, Ringwood East, Ringwood North and Vermont.
    Area: 61 sq km (approx.).
    Electors enrolled: 87 744 (at 21.8.10).
    Industries: light manufacturing, commercial and retail industries.
    State electorates: Deakin includes parts of the Victorian Legislative Assembly electorates of Bayswater, Forest Hill, Kilsyth, Mitcham and Warrandyte.

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