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Ken Coghill

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Dr Ken Coghill
Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
In office
25 October 1988 – 26 October 1992
PremierJohn Cain
Preceded byTom Edmunds
Succeeded byJohn Delzoppo
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
for Werribee
In office
5 May 1979 – 30 March 1996
Preceded byNeville Hudson
Succeeded byMary Gillett
Personal details
Born
Kenneth Alistair Coghill

(1944-11-10) 10 November 1944 (age 79)
Mansfield, Victoria, Australia
Political partyLabor
Spouse(s)Judith Wakeman (m.1969; div.2007)
Julia Thornton (m.2008)
ChildrenOne
Alma mater

Kenneth Alistair Coghill (born 10 November 1944 in Mansfield, Victoria) is a former Australian politician.

Life and career

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Educated at Caulfield Grammar School, Coghill studied Veterinary Science at the University of Melbourne and worked as a veterinarian before serving on the Wodonga City Council. He entered the Victorian Legislative Assembly as a Labor Party Member for Werribee in the 1979 State elections, and served as the Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1988 to 1992.

After retiring from Parliament in 1995, he earned a Ph.D. from the University of Melbourne. He is currently an associate professor at Monash University.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Associate Professor the Honourable Dr Ken Coghill". 20 April 2014. Archived from the original on 20 April 2014.
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