Neil Pope

The Honourable
Neil Pope
AM
Member of the Victorian Parliament
for Monbulk
In office
April 1982 – 3 October 1992
Preceded byBill Borthwick
Succeeded bySteve McArthur
Administrator of Norfolk Island
In office
1 April 2012 – 1 July 2014
MonarchElizabeth II
Governors‑GeneralQuentin Bryce
Sir Peter Cosgrove
Preceded byOwen Walsh
Succeeded byGary Hardgrave
Personal details
Born (1949-03-03) 3 March 1949 (age 75)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Political partyLabor Party
SpouseJennifer Mary Gebbie[citation needed]
Children2
ResidenceSorrento[citation needed]
Alma materSwinburne Technical College
RMIT University
OccupationPolitician

Neil Albert Pope AM (born 3 March 1949[citation needed]) is an Australian former politician. He was the Labor member for Monbulk in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1982 to 1992[1] and served as a Minister in the Labor Governments of John Cain II and Joan Kirner.[2]

He was the Victorian Minister for Labour from 1988 to 1992,[2] Minister for Youth Affairs from 1988 to 1991[3] and Minister for School Education from January to October in 1992.[2] Pope lost his seat in October 1992, when the Kennett Liberal Government was elected.

Pope was appointed the 36th Administrator of Norfolk Island from 1 April 2012, initially for a two-year term.[3] He completed this appointment on 30 June 2014.[3]

On 1 December 2017, the Federal Attorney-General Senator George Brandis appointed Pope as a part-time member of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for a period of 7 years.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "Neil Albert Pope". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Neil Albert Pope | Parliament of Victoria". www.parliament.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "Nine awarded Australia Day honours". The Mornington Peninsula News. 29 January 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2024.