Shaun Leane | |
Nationality: | Australian |
Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
Honorific-Suffix: | MLC |
Office: | President of the Victorian Legislative Council |
Term Start: | 20 December 2022 |
Predecessor: | Nazih Elasmar |
Deputy: | Wendy Lovell |
Term Start1: | 19 December 2018 |
Term End1: | 18 June 2020 |
Predecessor1: | Bruce Atkinson |
Successor1: | Nazih Elasmar |
Deputy1: | Wendy Lovell |
Office2: | Minister for Commonwealth Games Legacy |
Term Start2: | 27 June 2022 |
Term End2: | 5 December 2022 |
Predecessor2: | New position |
Successor2: | Harriet Shing |
Office3: | Minister for Veterans |
Term Start3: | 22 June 2020 |
Term End3: | 5 December 2022 |
Predecessor3: | Robin Scott |
Successor3: | Natalie Suleyman |
Office4: | Minister for Local Government |
Term Start4: | 22 June 2020 |
Term End4: | 27 June 2022 |
Predecessor4: | Adem Somyurek |
Successor4: | Melissa Horne |
Office5: | Minister for Suburban Development |
Term Start5: | 22 June 2020 |
Term End5: | 27 June 2022 |
Predecessor5: | Marlene Kairouz |
Successor5: | Melissa Horne |
Office6: | Member of the Victorian Legislative Council for North-Eastern Metropolitan Region |
Term Start6: | 25 November 2006 |
Constituency6: | North-Eastern Metropolitan Region (2022–present) |
Birth Date: | 1963 8, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Oakleigh, Victoria |
Party: | Labor Party |
Profession: | Electrician, union representative |
Shaun Leo Leane (born 20 August 1963 in Oakleigh, Victoria) is a Labor Party politician and a current member for the Eastern Metropolitan Region in the Victorian Legislative Council, having been first elected in 2006.[1]
Leane has served as a member of both the Drugs and Crime Prevention Committee and the Road Safety Committee since 2007.[1] In December 2018, he was elected as the President of the Victorian Legislative Council.[2] In June 2020, he was made Minister for Local Government, Minister for Suburban Development and Minister for Veterans. In June 2022, he was appointed as Minister for Commonwealth Games Legacy as well but relinquished his roles as local government and suburban development minister.[3] In December 2022, after the 2022 state election, Leane was removed from the upcoming cabinet by the caucus.[4] In compensation, Leane would be nominated as the President of the Legislative Council in the upcoming parliament. He was successfully appointed unopposed as President for the second time on 20 December 2022.[5]