词条 | Graham Watt |
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| name = Graham Watt | honorific-suffix = | constituency_AM = Burwood | assembly = Victorian Legislative | term_start = 27 November 2010 | term_end = 24 November 2018 | predecessor = Bob Stensholt | successor = Will Fowles | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1976|8|18}} | birth_place = Norseman, Western Australia | death_date = | death_place = | constituency = | party = Liberal Party | spouse = separated | children = | residence = | alma_mater = Edith Cowan University | profession = | religion = | signature = | footnotes = | website = grahamwatt.com.au }} Graham Travis Watt (born 18 August 1976) is an Australian politician. He was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 2010 to 2018, representing the seat of Burwood.[1] He is a member of the Liberal Party. Early lifeAs an Australian junior Champion and State Champion, Watt had the opportunity to travel both interstate and overseas for Athletics. In 2004, he walked a hundred miles in 24 hours, to become an Australian centurion, something achieved by only 48 people on Australian soil, at that time.[2] Watt graduated from Edith Cowan University, obtaining a Bachelor of Business, and majoring in Finance and Economics. He has since been the owner of a mobile phone retail store and a carpet cleaning business. Political careerWatt ran for the Liberal Party in 2002 and 2006 in the electoral district of Northcote, losing to Mary Delahunty in 2002[3] and Fiona Richardson in 2006.[4] In 2009 he was preselected as the Liberal candidate for the electorate of Burwood, which he won at the 2010 Victorian election, defeating the sitting Labor member Bob Stensholt.[5] He was re-elected in the 2014 Victorian election with 50.1% of the primary vote and 53.17% of the 2 candidate preferred vote, but was defeated in 2018 Victorian State Election. References1. ^{{cite web |title=Watt, Graham|work=re-member |publisher=Parliament of Victoria|url=http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/members/id/1701|accessdate=2011-12-19}} 2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.centurions.org.au/centprofiles/48%20graham%20watt.pdf|title=Australian Centurions - Graham Watt|last=|first=|date=|website=centurions.org.au|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}} 3. ^https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/Results/state2002TCPbyVCNorthcoteDistrict.html 4. ^https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/Results/state2006resultNorthcoteDistrict.html 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://whitehorse-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/state-election-burwood-back-in-liberal-hands/ |title=STATE ELECTION: Burwood back in Liberal hands |accessdate=19 December 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008013201/http://whitehorse-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/state-election-burwood-back-in-liberal-hands/ |archivedate=8 October 2011 |df=dmy-all }} External links
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