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Name
  
Jim Kennan

Role
  
Politician


Died
  
August 4, 2010

Party
  
Australian Labor Party

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Lawyer Jim Kennan dies at 64


James Harley Kennan SC (25 February 1946 – 4 August 2010) was an Australian politician and later Adjunct Professor of Law at Deakin University.

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Jim Kennan Fairfax Photos Jim Kennan and Joan Kirner

Kennan earned a Master of Laws from the University of Melbourne. He was a member of parliament between 1982 and 1993, initially in the Victorian Legislative Council, and then in the Legislative Assembly as the member for Broadmeadows and was Deputy Premier of Victoria from 1990 to 1992.

After the defeat of the Labor Party Government at the 1992 state election, and the later retirement of leader Joan Kirner in March 1993 he became the Leader of the Opposition until his shock retirement from Parliament three months later. He was succeeded as leader and member for Broadmeadows by a former member of the Legislative Council, John Brumby.

Jim Kennan is the last ALP leader who did not become Premier.

He worked as a Senior Counsel in the Victorian legal system, most notably representing Jack Thomas at his re-trial on terrorism charges in late 2008.

Jim Kennan vs Paul Mees, 7:30 Report 1990


Death

Kennan died on 4 August 2010, aged 64, after a battle with cancer.

References

Jim Kennan Wikipedia


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