# Geoff Howard

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**Geoffrey Kemp Howard** (born 8 November 1955) is an Australian politician. He was a [Labor Party](/source/Australian_Labor_Party_(Victorian_Branch)) member of the [Victorian Legislative Assembly](/source/Victorian_Legislative_Assembly), representing [Ballarat East](/source/Electoral_district_of_Ballarat_East) from 1999 to 2014, and [Buninyong](/source/Electoral_district_of_Buninyong) from 2014 to 2018.[1]

## Life and work

Howard was born at [Geelong](/source/Geelong,_Victoria), Victoria, and attended public schools in [Belmont](/source/Belmont,_Victoria) and Geelong. He received a Bachelor of Agricultural Science in 1977 from the [University of Melbourne](/source/University_of_Melbourne) and a [Graduate Diploma of Education](/source/Graduate_Diploma_of_Education) in 1979 from State College Rusden. He became a secondary school teacher at [Kaniva](/source/Kaniva,_Victoria) in 1980, moving to [Ballarat](/source/Ballarat,_Victoria) in 1982. He joined the [Labor Party](/source/Australian_Labor_Party_(Victorian_Branch)) in 1987, and was elected to [Ballarat City Council](/source/City_of_Ballarat) in 1989. He was mayor in 1993 and 1994, but left the council in 1994, only to return in 1996.[2]

Howard left the council in 1999 after he was preselected as the Labor candidate for the [Liberal](/source/Liberal_Party_of_Australia_(Victorian_Division))-held seat of [Ballarat East](/source/Electoral_district_of_Ballarat_East) prior to the [1999 state election](/source/1999_Victorian_state_election). At the election, Howard defeated sitting MP [Barry Traynor](/source/Barry_Traynor). He was immediately appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Natural Resources and the Environment in 1999, moving to Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture in 2002. In 2006, he lost his parliamentary secretary position, and became chair of the Education and Training Committee.[1]

## References

1. geoff-howard. Retrieved 26 July 2025.

1. ["Mr Geoff Howard"](http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/members/id/106). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110216024408/http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/members/id/106) 16 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 26 July 2025.

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