Peter Walsh (Victorian politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Victorian state politician
Date of Birth: 09-Jan-1954
Place of Birth: Boort, Victoria, Australia
Profession: politician
Nationality: Australia
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
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About Peter Walsh (Victorian politician)
- Peter Lindsay Walsh (born 9 January 1954) is an Australian politician.
- He has been a National Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 2002, representing the electorate of Swan Hill until 2014 and Murray Plains thereafter.
- Walsh was Minister for Agriculture and Food Security and Minister for Water in the Baillieu and Napthine Coalition governments.
- He has been state leader of the Nationals since 3 December 2014. Walsh was born and raised at Boort in Northern Victoria, attending Fernihurst Primary School and Boort Secondary College.
- He was the president of the Victorian Farmers Federation from 1998 until his election to parliament in 2002.
- Before entering politics, he operated an irrigated horticulture and cropping enterprise, producing tomatoes, cereals, oilseeds and legumes.
- He was also a director of SPC Limited, a member of the state Food Industry Advisory Council, and a board member of the National Farmers Federation. Walsh was awarded a Centenary Medal in 2003 for services to the environment.
- He is a keen Australian rules football fan, having served as a Boort player, committee man and selector.
- He was President of the Boort Football Club between 1988 and 1990.
- Walsh was also a member of the local Apex Club from 1982 to 1992, again including a term as President. Walsh was elected to the Legislative Assembly at the 2002 election, easily retaining the seat for the National Party after the retirement of long-serving MP Barry Steggall.
- He was re-elected at the 2006 and 2010 elections, receiving 79.3% of the two-party preferred vote in 2010.
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