Steve Gibbons (politician)

{{Short description|Australian politician (1949–2022)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix =

| name = Steve Gibbons

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| image = Steve Gibbons.jpg

| constituency_MP = Bendigo

| parliament = Australian

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| predecessor = Bruce Reid

| successor = Lisa Chesters

| term_start = 3 October 1998

| term_end = 5 August 2013

| birth_name = Stephen William Gibbons

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1949|9|11}}

| birth_place = Melbourne, Australia

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2022|7|19|1949|9|11}}

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| nationality = Australian

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| party = Australian Labor Party

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| occupation = Trade unionist

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Stephen William Gibbons (11 September 1949 – 19 July 2022) was an Australian politician who served as an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from March 1998 until August 2013 representing the Division of Bendigo, Victoria.

He was born in Melbourne. He attended Golden Square Primary School and Kangaroo Flat Secondary College in Bendigo. {{cn|date=September 2021}} He became an apprentice to a motor mechanic. He worked in auto part wholesaling and packaging industries.

He was a trade union official, small business proprietor and researcher and adviser to the Victorian Leader of the Opposition, John Brumby, before entering politics.{{cn|date=September 2021}}

First elected to represent the Bendigo electorate in 1998, he was re-elected in 2001, 2004, 2007 and 2010. In August 2011, Gibbons announced his intention to retire from parliament at the next election.Brett Worthington, [http://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/news/local/news/general/bendigo-mp-announces-retirement/2273241.aspx Bendigo MP announces retirement], Bendigo Advertiser, 29 August 2011.[https://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Parliamentarian?MPID=83X Mr Steve Gibbons MP], Parliament of Australia , 28 February 2012[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/09/steve-gibbons-kevin-rudd-leadership-spill-rules Steve Gibbons not happy with Rudd's change to leadership spill rules], theguardian.com, 9 July 2013.[https://bazedon.com/about/about-steve/ About Steve Gibbon], Bazedon, 28 May 2020.

[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/16/labor-leadership-opinion-polls-kevin-rudd/ Gibbons Motion], theguardian.com, 6 July 2020.[http://www.abc.net.au/local/audio/2012/02/20/3434850.htm ALP's Member for Bendigo], ABC News, 6 July 2020.[https://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/20/rudd-v-gillard-game-on/ Rudd v Gillard: game on], Crikey.com.au, 20 February 2020.

Gibbons died in July 2022, at the age of 72.{{cite news |title=Tributes flow for former Bendigo MP Steve Gibbons, dead aged 72 |url=https://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/story/7828331/tributes-flow-for-former-bendigo-mp-steve-gibbons-dead-aged-72/ |access-date=23 July 2022 |work=Bendigo Advertiser |date=22 July 2022 |language=en-AU}}