Brendan O'Connor

Victorian Federal MPs
Member for Gorton
Minister for Employment Participation

Electorate Office:
900A Old Calder Highway
KEILOR VIC 3036
Tel: (03) 8361 6588
Fax: (03) 8361 6577

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About Brendan O'Connor

Brendan O'Connor was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2001 as the Member for Burke.

At the 2004 federal election, Brendan was elected to the newly created electoral division of Gorton.

On 10 December 2006 Brendan was appointed Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Industrial Relations.

Brendan is the Chair of the Federal Labor Parliamentary Industrial Relations Taskforce which reported on the ALP’s assessment of the impact of WorkChoices on Australian workers.

Prior to entering Parliament, Brendan was a Union official from 1986 to 2001, most recently Assistant National Secretary of the Australian Services Union from 1993 to 2001.

Brendan holds a BA and a LLB from Monash University, and a Diploma in Industrial Relations from Harvard University.