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Bruce was first elected to the Victorian State Parliament
in October 1992 and was re-elected in 1999. Bruce Atkinson
represented Koonung Province in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs
until November 2006.
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| Elected as a Member for the Eastern
Metropolitan Region at the 2006 state election, his current
term of office will run until November 2010 when the next Victorian
election is scheduled. |
| Bruce was a Councillor of the City
of Nunawading for 17 years prior to his election to State Parliament,
serving two terms as Mayor of the city that subsequently merged
with Box Hill to become the Whitehorse City Council. |
| Trained as a journalist, Bruce owned
and operated a marketing and business consulting firm prior
to entering State Parliament. He has also had interests in book
and newsletter publishing and a retail business and his business
career also included experience in the management of shopping
centres and executive posts in public relations. |
| Bruce was elected Deputy President
of the Legislative Council for the current Parliament after
formerly holding Shadow Minister positions for small business,
sport and recreation and Workcover. |
| A member of the Liberal Party since
1969, Bruce attended Nunawading Primary School and Mitcham High
School (now Mullauna College) and lives in Donvale. |
