Steve Gibbons

Member for Bendigo

About Steve

Steve was born in Melbourne and worked as a union official and later as a political adviser. He was elected Member for Bendigo in 1998. Previously he was on the Bendigo Hospital's Board of Directors and is a life governor of the hospital. He was on the Bendigo Heritage Advisory Committee and is a member of the Bendigo Historic Motorcycle Club.

He is currently a member of Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, also the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Crime Commission and a member of Standing Committee on Regional Australia (Murray Darling Basin Inquiry).

Contact Steve

Bendigo Electorate Office
Cnr Williamson and Myers Street
Bendigo
VIC
3552
(03) 5443 9055
(03) 5443 9736
Email Steve

Parliament House
ACT
(02) 6277 2230
(02) 6277 8564

Postal Address
PO Box 338
Bendigo
VIC
3552

Electorate Profile

Bendigo

State:

VIC

Name Derivation:

Named after the city which is its main centre.

Area and Location Description:

Situated on the northern foothills of the Great Dividing Range in North Central Victoria and providing the southern gateway to the Murray Darling Basin, the seat of Bendigo covers an area of approximately 7 286 sq km.

Products/Industries of the Area:

Coming from the status of one of the world's great gold-rush towns and the greatest goldfield in Victoria, the main population centre (Bendigo) is now the administrative, commercial and educational centre for North Central and Northern Victoria. Streets lined with grand nineteenth century buildings provide for a strong tourist industry while the rural area of the electorate supports a diverse range of farming, agricultural and viticultural activities along with continuing gold mining and other extractive industries. Other large population centres in the electorate include Maryborough, Castlemaine and Kyneton.