Martin Ferguson
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The Honourable Martin Ferguson AM |
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Martin Ferguson at the World Economic Forum on East Asia in 2012
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| Minister for Resources and Energy | |
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In office 3 December 2007 – 22 March 2013 |
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| Prime Minister |
Kevin Rudd Julia Gillard |
| Preceded by | Ian Macfarlane |
| Succeeded by | Gary Gray |
| Minister for Tourism | |
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In office 3 December 2007 – 22 March 2013 |
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| Prime Minister |
Kevin Rudd Julia Gillard |
| Preceded by | Fran Bailey |
| Succeeded by | Gary Gray |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Batman | |
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In office 2 March 1996 – 5 August 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Brian Howe |
| Succeeded by | David Feeney |
| Personal details | |
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Martin John Ferguson 12 December 1953 Sydney, New South Wales |
| Political party | Labor |
| Website | MartinFerguson.com.au |
Martin John Ferguson, AM (born 12 December 1953), Australian politician, was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from March 1996 until August 2013 representing the Division of Batman, Victoria. He is a son of Jack Ferguson who was Deputy Premier of New South Wales from 1976 to 1984. His brother is Laurie Ferguson, also a long-serving federal MP.
Ferguson retired from parliament at the 2013 Australian federal election.
Born in Sydney, Ferguson was educated at St Patrick's College, Strathfield and then the University of Sydney. He was successively research officer, Assistant General Secretary and General Secretary of the Miscellaneous Workers' Union, a member of the executive of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU)(ACU) 1984–90. He was Vice-President of the ACTU 1985–90 and President of the ACTU 1990–96. A member of the Governing Body of the International Labour Organization 1990–96, he was admitted to the Order of Australia in 1996.
Ferguson won preselection for the seat of Batman (traditionally a solid ALP electorate) in 1995, after a deal had been negotiated between the right-wing Labor Unity faction in Victoria and the ALP National Executive. At the local level, the majority Greek party membership, largely resulting from heavy branch stacking, was likely to support a candidate other than Ferguson; but no local candidate was likely to receive support from the 50 per cent vote in the preselection panel which had been elected by the Victorian ALP State Conference. Both the other candidates, Jenny Mikakos and Theo Theophanous, then members of competing Left factions, were forced to withdraw from a local preselection plebiscite in favour of Ferguson, as a result of these negotiations.
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