Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
Tony Sheehan | |
Office: | Treasurer of Victoria |
Term Start: | 21 January 1992 |
Term End: | 27 October 1992 |
Premier: | Joan Kirner |
Predecessor: | Tom Roper |
Successor: | Alan Stockdale |
Birth Date: | 24 December 1948 |
Birth Place: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
Birthname: | Anthony John Sheehan |
Nationality: | Australian |
Party: | Labor Party |
Spouse: | Ann Charlton (m. 1978) |
Alma Mater: | La Trobe University |
Occupation: | Teacher |
Anthony John Sheehan (born 24 December 1948) is a former Australian politician. He obtained an economics degree at La Trobe University and was a school teacher at Heidelberg High School. He was elected branch secretary of the Victorian Secondary Teachers Association.
He was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from the seat of Ivanhoe (1982–85) and Northcote (1988–98). He was a member of the ALP.
He held a number of ministerial positions in the government of Joan Kirner. He was the Minister for Housing and Construction in 1990–91. He was then appointed the Minister for Finance in 1991–92 and Treasurer from January to October 1992 when the Kirner government was defeated.[1] He resigned from parliament in 1998 and was succeeded in his seat by Mary Delahunty.