Steve Elder

Steve Elder
OAM
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
for Ballarat North
In office
23 August 1988 – 2 October 1992
Preceded byTom Evans
Succeeded byDistrict abolished
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
for Ripon
In office
3 October 1992 – 17 September 1999
Preceded byTom Austin
Succeeded byJoe Helper
Personal details
Born
Stephen Noel Elder

(1956-09-29) 29 September 1956 (age 68)
Political partyLiberal

Stephen Noel Elder OAM (born 29 September 1956) is an Australian former politician, who was the executive director of the Catholic Education Office Melbourne in Victoria, Australia from 2006 to 2018.[1]

He represented the Liberal Party and was the member of the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of Victoria for Ballarat North from August 1988 to October 1992. After the seat was abolished in a redistribution, he was elected as the member for Ripon from October 1992 to August 1999, when he lost the seat in the rural landslide against the Kennett Government. Elder served as the Parliamentary Secretary for Education in the Victorian Government from 1992 to 1999.[2]

He was also a member of the Senate of the Australian Catholic University, a member of the National Catholic Education Commission, a director of Catholic Network Australia Ltd, on the Board of Management of Church Resources and Mercy Health Foundation, a member of the Boards of the Catholic Development Fund, and the Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority and a Director and Company Secretary of Catholic Capital Grants (Vic) Ltd.

In late 2018, Elder resigned as executive director of the Catholic Education Office, during the investigation of an unspecified workplace complaint. Despite overseeing the securing of billions of dollars of extra government funding for the Catholic education sector, there were concerns that he had created a rift between Catholic and independent schools, which had usually worked together to get more funding for their organisations.[1]

Prior to serving as a parliamentarian, Elder had been a teacher and community worker.[2]

  1. ^ a b Millar, Royce; Cook, Henrietta (20 December 2018). "Catholic education chief resigns amid probe into workplace complaint". The Age. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Stephen Noel Elder". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2022.