11 Facts About Bill Landeryou

William Albert Landeryou was an Australian trade unionist and politician.

Bill Landeryou was a member of the Australian Labor Party and served in the Victorian Legislative Council from 1976 to 1992, including as a minister in the Labor government of John Cain.

Bill Landeryou was born in the Melbourne suburb of Moonee Ponds, the son of a timber worker.

Bill Landeryou left school at 15 and worked for a trucking company.

In 1965 Bill Landeryou was appointed as a research officer for the Storemen and Packers' Union, despite never having worked as a storeman or packer, after having been recommended to the state secretary by Labor Party contacts.

Bill Landeryou joined the Labor Party at a young age, and was President of Victorian Young Labor from 1964 to 1966.

In 1976 Bill Landeryou was elected to the Legislative Council as member for Doutta Galla Province, a safe Labor seat in the north-western suburbs of Melbourne.

The previous year, Bill Landeryou had become the ALP leader in the Legislative Council.

When Cain led Labor to victory in the April 1982 election, forming the first Labor government in Victoria since 1955, Bill Landeryou was appointed Minister for Economic Development and Tourism.

Bill Landeryou continued to serve in the Legislative Council after Cain resigned as Premier, and until the defeat of Joan Kirner's government in 1992.

Bill Landeryou's wife Kimberley Kitching was a Labor Party Senator for Victoria.