Andrew David Kennedy was an Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n politician. Born in Ulverstone, Tasmania

Ulverstone, Tasmania

Ulverstone is a town on the northwest coast of Tasmania, Australia. It lies at the mouth of the Leven River, on Bass Strait. It is on the Bass Highway, west of Devonport and east of Penguin....

, he attended University High School

University High School, Melbourne

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 in Melbourne

Melbourne

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 and then the University of Melbourne

University of Melbourne

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, after which he became a teacher in Victorian state schools. In 1969, he was elected as a Labor

Australian Labor Party

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 member to the Australian House of Representatives

Australian House of Representatives

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 in the by-election for the seat of Bendigo

Division of Bendigo

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 following Noel Beaton

Noel Beaton

Noel Lawrence Beaton was an Australian politician. Born in Mooroopna, Victoria, he was educated at state schools and was a volunteer firefighter in his home town before serving in the military from 1945 to 1947, after which he became a sports journalist and broadcaster...

's resignation. He held the seat until his defeat in 1972 - the only sitting Labor MP to lose their seat in that election. In 1982, he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly

Victorian Legislative Assembly

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 as the member for Bendigo, and in 1985 he transferred to Bendigo West

Electoral district of Bendigo West

Bendigo West is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. It is a 2,633 km² electorate based around the city of Bendigo and surrounding rural towns. It encompasses the localities of Bendigo City, California Gully, Castlemaine, Harcourt, Long Gully,...

, a position he held until 1992 when the Labor government was defeated.