Lou Lieberman

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The Honourable
Lou Lieberman
AM
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Indi
In office
13 March 1993 – 8 October 2001
Preceded byEwen Cameron
Succeeded bySophie Mirabella
Member of the Victorian Parliament
for Benambra
In office
March 1976 – August 1992
Preceded byTom Mitchell
Succeeded byTony Plowman
Personal details
Born
Louis Stuart Lieberman

(1938-05-23)23 May 1938
Swan Hill, Victoria
Died17 May 2024(2024-05-17) (aged 85)
NationalityAustralian
Political partyLiberal Party
SpouseMarjorie Cox
Children2 sons, 1 daughter
OccupationBarrister

Louis Stuart Lieberman AM (23 May 1938 – 17 May 2024) was an Australian politician and was a member of both the Victorian Legislative Assembly and the Australian House of Representatives.[1][2]

Born on 23 May 1938 at Swan Hill, Lou Lieberman was educated at Albury High School. He studied law while working as a law clerk at Tietyens Angel & Jackling and on becoming a barrister in 1961 became a partner.[2] He bought the Wodonga practice and merged it with J. S. N. Harris in 1966.[2] In 1978 he became a founding partner in the Wodonga law firm of Harris Lieberman Boyd.[2] He also did National Service and served in 8/13 VMR (Victorian Mounted Rifles) working with Centurion tanks.[2]

He served on the local consultative council for the development of the Albury-Wodonga growth centre planned by the Whitlam government in 1973.[3]

  1. ^ "Parliamentary Debates" (PDF). Official Hansard. Commonwealth of Australia. pp. 117–118. Retrieved 26 December 2009.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Lieberman, Louis Stuart". re-member. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 26 December 2009.
  3. ^ "Annual Report" (PDF). Hume Building Society. 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2007. Retrieved 12 August 2007.