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'@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@ '''Peter John Lockwood''' is an ICT professional and former [[Australia]]n politician. He was an [[Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch)|Australian Labor Party]] member of the [[Victorian Legislative Assembly]], from 2002 to 2006. -He started working life in the [[Commonwealth Bank]], but gave that up to work on the government buses in [[Sydney]]. After completing a computer course, he worked as a computer operator at [[Drug Houses of Australia|DHA]] (Drug Houses of Australia), then moved to other employers in Sydney before moving to [[Canberra]] to join the [[Australian Public Service]] during the period of the [[Whitlam government|Whitlam Government]], where he was part of the last Programmer in Training (PIT) intake in the public service, where tertiary study at the [[Canberra College of Advanced Education]] (now the University of Canberra) and on-the-job training in automatic data processing (ADP) were combined. +He started working life in junior positions at the [[Commonwealth Bank]], but was forced to give up that for reasons of poor performance to work on the government buses in [[Sydney]]. After completing an unaccredited computer course, he worked as a computer operator at [[Drug Houses of Australia|DHA]] (Drug Houses of Australia), then moved to other employers in Sydney before moving to [[Canberra]] to join the [[Australian Public Service]] during the period of the [[Whitlam government|Whitlam Government]], where he was part of the last Programmer in Training (PIT) intake in the public service, where tertiary study at the [[Canberra College of Advanced Education]] (now the University of Canberra) and on-the-job training in automatic data processing (ADP) were combined. -After 9 years in Canberra, he moved to [[Melbourne]], where Lockwood joined [[Myer]]. Following a period at Myer, Peter became a business proprietor during 1985–1991. He went on to work for PAXUS, [[Telstra]] and [[IBM]]. +After 9 years in Canberra, he moved to [[Melbourne]], where Lockwood joined [[Myer]]. Following a period at Myer as a junior sales assistant, Peter became a business proprietor during 1985–1991. When his business failed leaving behind a string of unpaid creditors, he went on to work for the little-known PAXUS, and as a data entry deputy assistant clerk for [[Telstra]] and [[IBM]]. -He earned a [[Bachelor of Arts]] from [[Swinburne University]] in 1987, and served on [[City of Knox|Knox City Council]] from 1993–94, 2000–2003 and 2012-2020. From 1989–2002, he was a secretary of the [[Knoxfield, Victoria|Knoxfield]] branch of the [[Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch)|Labor Party]]<ref name="vic">{{Cite re-member |num2=1081 |name=Peter Lockwood |access-date=25 August 2022}}</ref> and secretary and state delegate of the Aston FEA (Federal Electorate Assembly) for the ALP 1991-2002. Peter stood as a Labor candidate for Wantirna in 1992, a disastrous election for Labor. +He earned a [[Bachelor of Arts]] from [[Swinburne University]] in 1987, and served on [[City of Knox|Knox City Council]] from 1993–94 and following his rejection by electors over 2000–2003 and 2012-2020, earning historical place as the only Councillor to have three times being rejected by the electorate. -He unsuccessfully contested the federal seat of [[Division of Aston|Aston]] for the Australian Labor Party in the [[1998 Australian federal election|1998 federal election]], but was the successful candidate for [[Electoral district of Bayswater|Bayswater]] in the [[Victorian Legislative Assembly]] in the [[2002 Victorian state election|2002 state election]]. He was a backbencher in the [[Steve Bracks|Bracks]] Government until 2006, when he lost his seat to the [[Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division)|Liberal Party]]. Since then he again sought election as a Councillor for the City of Knox at the Local Government Elections in 2012 and has served as a Councillor since then representing Baird Ward. Peter was re-elected to council in 2016. He served as a member of the board of the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) in 2013–15, and a member of the board of Eastern Regional Libraries during 2012–16 and 2017–18. He was the Mayor for 2014–15. +From 1989–2002, he was an assistant ecretary of the [[Knoxfield, Victoria|Knoxfield]] branch of the [[Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch)|Labor Party]]<ref name="vic">{{Cite re-member |num2=1081 |name=Peter Lockwood |access-date=25 August 2022}}</ref> and junior secretary and state delegate of the Aston FEA (Federal Electorate Assembly) for the ALP 1991-2002. Peter stood as a Labor candidate for Wantirna in 1992, a disastrous election for Labor where the swing against him was one of the largest anti-Labor swings in the state's history. + +He unsuccessfully contested the federal seat of [[Division of Aston|Aston]] for the Australian Labor Party in the [[1998 Australian federal election|1998 federal election]], but was the successful candidate for [[Electoral district of Bayswater|Bayswater]] in the [[Victorian Legislative Assembly]] in the [[2002 Victorian state election|2002 state election]]. He was a backbencher in the [[Steve Bracks|Bracks]] Government until 2006, when he lost his seat to the [[Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division)|Liberal Party]], suffering another rejection at the ballot box. Unable yo gain meaningful employment, he again sought election as a Councillor for the City of Knox at the Local Government Elections in 2012 and has served as a Councillor since then representing Baird Ward. Peter was re-elected to council in 2016. Controversy was associated with his service a member of the board of the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) in 2013–15, and a member of the board of Eastern Regional Libraries during 2012–16 and 2017–18. He was the Mayor for 2014–15. == Personal life == '