David Treasure (politician)

David Lewis Treasure (6 November 1943 – 19 May 2018) was an Australian politician.

David Treasure
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
for Gippsland East
In office
3 October 1992  17 September 1999
Preceded byBruce Evans
Succeeded byCraig Ingram
Personal details
Born(1943-11-06)6 November 1943
Sale, Victoria, Australia
Died19 May 2018(2018-05-19) (aged 74)
Political partyThe Nationals
OccupationGrazier

He was born in Sale to grazier Donald Treasure and Linda Traill. He attended primary school at Dargo and Lindenow South and secondary school at Bairnsdale Technical School before becoming a grazier. He then had two children. Active in both the farmers' community and the National Party, he worked mainly in the export business to West Africa. He was a member of the Mountain Cattlemens Association (president 198788), chairman of the Droving Australia Victorian Selection Panel in 1988, and an Avon Shire Councillor from 1970 to 1976. In 1992 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the member for Gippsland East, holding the seat until his defeat by independent candidate Craig Ingram in 1999. Then came his 3 grandchildren. He passed on 19 May 2018.[1]

References

  1. "Treasure, David Lewis". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 22 May 2018.

 


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