Ian Cathie

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1932 –

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Who is Ian Cathie?

Ian Robert Cathie is a former Australian politician.

Born in Melbourne to printer George Mitchell Cathie and Sybil Balding, he attended state schools and then the University of Melbourne, where he studied teaching. On 5 January 1957 he married Christine Watson, with whom he had four children; he married again on 3 July 1976 Jean Germain, an industrial nurse. He was president of the Peninsula Victorian Teachers Union in 1959 and taught at Frankston and Mordialloc-Chelsea High Schools, as well as serving on the council of Monash University from 1977 to 1982. In 1964 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council as a Labor member for South Eastern Province; he was defeated in 1970, but in 1976 was elected to the Legislative Assembly seat of Carrum, which he held until 1988. From 1994-1997 he was a Commissioner of the City of Greater Dandenong.

In 2010 he was elected President of Glen Eira University of the Third Age.

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Born
Oct 24, 1932
Australia
Nationality
  • Australia
Education
  • University of Melbourne

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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