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Tony Lupton
Tony Lupton
Victorian Cabinet Secretary
	In office; 3 August 2007 – 2 December 2010
Premier	John Brumby
Preceded by	Tony Robinson
Succeeded by	David Hodgett
Constituency	Prahran
Personal details
Born	10 January 1957 (age 67); Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Political party	Labor Party
Spouse	Julie Szego
Profession	Barrister

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Anthony Gerard "Tony" Lupton (born 10 January 1957) is an Australian former politician. He was the Labor Party member for Prahran in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 2002 to 2010.

Early life

Lupton was born in Melbourne and educated at Christian Brothers College, St Kilda. After leaving school he became an apprentice motor mechanic. In 1978, he returned to school at Caulfield Institute of Technology, successfully completed the Higher School Certificate and gained entrance to an Arts/Law degree course at Monash University.

After graduating he worked as a barrister, specialising in personal injuries cases for injured workers. Lupton was elected to the Victorian Parliament at the 2002 state election, when he defeated the sitting Liberal member for Prahran, Leonie Burke.

At the 2006 state election, he was elected for a second term defeating a high-profile Liberal candidate, Clem Newton-Brown. After the election he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Industry and Innovation. In August 2007 he was appointed Cabinet Secretary in the new Brumby Labor Government.

At the 2010 state election, Newton-Brown returned as the Liberal Party candidate and defeated Lupton with a swing of 7.8%.

Personal life

Following his service in the Victorian Parliament, Lupton was a professorial fellow at Monash University.

He was appointed a sessional member of the Victorian Mental Health Tribunal and the Firearms Appeals Committee in 2016 and in March 2017 was appointed as full-time senior legal member of the Mental Health Tribunal.

He has written widely on historic and classic cars, including a regular column for RoyalAuto magazine until 2017 and articles for Fairfax, Retroautos and other publications.

Since 2015 he has been secretary of Automotive Historians Australia, a not-for-profit association dedicated to preserving and sharing knowledge about our automotive heritage.

Tony owns a 1967 Ford Mustang, a 1970 MGB GT and a 1974 Alfa Romeo GT Junior. He is a member of the Mustang Owners Club, the MG Car Club, the Alfa Romeo Owners Club and the Victorian Historic Racing Register and enjoys competing in circuit sprints, hillclimbs, motorkhanas and khanacross in his MG.

He is the partner of Julie Szego, journalist and author. Tony and Julie have two daughters.

Lupton is a supporter of the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League.

External links

Tony Lupton's Car Cavalcade Website

Victorian Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Leonie Burke	Member for Prahran 2002–2010	Succeeded by Clem Newton-Brown

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-'''Anthony Gerard "Tony" Lupton''' (born 10 January 1957), [[Australia]]n politician, was the [[Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch)|Labor Party]] member for [[Electoral district of Prahran|Prahran]] in the [[Victorian Legislative Assembly]] from 2002 to 2010.
+'''Anthony Gerard "Tony" Lupton''' (born 10 January 1957) is an [[Australia]]n former politician. He was the [[Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch)|Labor Party]] member for [[Electoral district of Prahran|Prahran]] in the [[Victorian Legislative Assembly]] from 2002 to 2010.
 ==Early life==
+{{unreferencedsect|date=November 2024}}
+Lupton was born in [[Melbourne]] and educated at [[Christian Brothers College, St Kilda]]. After leaving school he became an apprentice motor mechanic. In 1978, he returned to school at Caulfield Institute of Technology, successfully completed the Higher School Certificate and gained entrance to an Arts/Law degree course at [[Monash University]].
+After graduating he worked as a barrister, specialising in personal injuries cases for injured workers. Lupton was elected to the Victorian Parliament at the [[2002 Victorian state election|2002 state election]], when he defeated the sitting [[Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division)|Liberal]] member for Prahran, [[Leonie Burke]].
-Lupton was born in [[Melbourne]] and educated at [[Christian Brothers College, St Kilda]]. After leaving school he became an apprentice motor mechanic. In 1978 he returned to school at Caulfield Institute of Technology, successfully completed the Higher School Certificate and gained entrance to an Arts/Law degree course at [[Monash University]].
+At the [[2006 Victorian state election|2006 state election]], he was elected for a second term  defeating a high-profile Liberal candidate, [[Clem Newton-Brown]]. After the election he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Industry and Innovation. In August 2007 he was appointed Cabinet Secretary in the new Brumby Labor Government.
-After graduating he worked as a barrister, specialising in personal injuries cases for injured workers.
-Lupton was elected to the Victorian Parliament at the [[2002 Victorian state election|2002 state election]], when he defeated the sitting [[Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division)|Liberal]] member for Prahran, [[Leonie Burke]].
-At the [[2006 Victorian state election|2006 state election]] he was elected for a second term  defeating a high-profile Liberal candidate, [[Clem Newton-Brown]]. After the election he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Industry and Innovation. In August 2007 he was appointed Cabinet Secretary in the new Brumby Labor Government.
 At the [[2010 Victorian state election|2010 state election]], Newton-Brown returned as the Liberal Party candidate and defeated Lupton with a swing of 7.8%.
 ==Personal life==
+{{unreferencedsect|date=November 2024}}
+Following his service in the Victorian Parliament, Lupton was a professorial fellow at [[Monash University]].
+He was appointed a sessional member of the Victorian Mental Health Tribunal and the Firearms Appeals Committee in 2016 and in March 2017 was appointed as full-time senior legal member of the Mental Health Tribunal.
-Following his service in the Victorian Parliament, Lupton was a professorial fellow at Monash University.
-In 2016 he was appointed a sessional member of the Victorian Mental Health Tribunal and the Firearms Appeals Committee.
+He has written widely on historic and classic cars, including a regular column for [[RoyalAuto]] magazine until 2017 and articles for [[Fairfax Media|Fairfax]], Retroautos and other publications.
-In March 2017 he was appointed as full-time senior legal member of the Mental Health Tribunal.
+Since 2015 he has been secretary of Automotive Historians Australia, a not-for-profit association dedicated to preserving and sharing knowledge about our automotive heritage.
-He has written widely on historic and classic cars, including a regular column for RoyalAuto until 2017 and articles for Fairfax, Retroautos and other publications. Since 2015 he has been secretary of Automotive Historians Australia.
-Tony owns a 1967 Ford Mustang and a 1970 MGB GT. He is a member of the Mustang Owners Club, the MG Car Club and the Victorian Historic Racing Register and enjoys competing in club motorsport in his MG.
+Tony owns a [[Ford Mustang (first generation)|1967 Ford Mustang]], a 1970 [[MG MGB|MGB GT]] and a 1974 [[Alfa Romeo GT]] Junior. He is a member of the Mustang Owners Club, the MG Car Club, the Alfa Romeo Owners Club and the Victorian Historic Racing Register and enjoys competing in circuit sprints, hillclimbs, motorkhanas and khanacross in his MG.
-He is the partner of Julie Szego, journalist and author.
+He is the partner of [[Julie Szego]], journalist and author. Tony and Julie have two daughters.
-Lupton is a supporter of the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League.
+Lupton is a supporter of the [[Collingwood Football Club]] in the [[Australian Football League]].
 ==External links==
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+[[Category:Academic staff of Monash University]]
+[[Category:People educated at St Mary's College, Melbourne]]
+[[Category:Australian barristers]]
+[[Category:Monash University alumni]]
+[[Category:Lawyers from Melbourne]]