Gavin Marshall

{{Short description|Australian politician}}

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| honorific-prefix = Senator

| name = Gavin Marshall

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| office1 = Senator for Victoria

| term_start1 = 1 July 2002

| term_end1 = 30 June 2019

| predecessor1 = Barney Cooney

| successor1 = Jess Walsh

| office = Deputy President of the Australian Senate

| president = Stephen Parry

| term_start = 7 July 2014

| term_end = 9 May 2016

| predecessor = Stephen Parry

| successor = Sue Lines

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| majority =

| birth_name = Gavin Mark Marshall

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|3|25|df=y}}

| birth_place = Reservoir, Victoria, Australia

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| nationality = Australian

| party = Labor

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| occupation = Electrician

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Gavin Mark Marshall (born 25 March 1960) is a former Australian politician,{{cite web|url=http://aph.gov.au/Library/parl/42/mpsbyage.htm |title=The 42nd Parliament Senators and Members, by Date of Birth |publisher=Parliamentary Library |accessdate=25 January 2010 |date=17 September 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091028013042/http://aph.gov.au/Library/parl/42/mpsbyage.htm |archivedate=28 October 2009 |df=dmy }} who was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate from July 2002 until June 2019, representing the state of Victoria.{{cite web|url=http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=%28Id:handbook/allmps/00aop%29;rec=0;|title=Biography for MARSHALL, Gavin Mark|publisher=Australian Parliament|accessdate=22 January 2010}}

Marshall was born in Melbourne and was an electrician and official with the Electrical Trades Union before entering politics.{{cite web|title=Gavin Marshall – Senator for Victoria|url=http://www.alp.org.au/people/marshall_gavin.php|accessdate=25 January 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912081242/http://www.alp.org.au/people/marshall_gavin.php|archivedate=12 September 2009}}

On 7 July 2014, Marshall was elected Deputy President of the Senate,{{Cite web |url=http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/2014/07/07/11/13/liberals-parry-elected-senate-president |title=Liberals' Parry elected Senate president; Marshall deputy |access-date=7 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714152810/http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/2014/07/07/11/13/liberals-parry-elected-senate-president |archive-date=14 July 2014 |url-status=dead }} serving in that position until 9 May 2016.[http://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Parliamentarian?MPID=00AOP Senator Gavin Marshall - aph.gov,au]