Rob Hulls

Rob Justin Hulls (born 23 January 1957) is a former Australian politician who was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 2012, representing the electorate of Niddrie. As well as serving as the Deputy Premier of Victoria, he was also the state Attorney-General and Minister for Racing.

Biography

Rob Hulls was born in Melbourne and was privately educated at Xavier College from 1969–72 and then moved to the private Peninsula School from 1973–75. Upon leaving school Hulls worked as a law clerk for his father, a solicitor on the Mornington Peninsula, completing the part-time Articled Clerk's programme at the then Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in 1982.

Hulls was then a Solicitor for the Legal Aid Commission of Victoria from 1984–86. He was also Principal, Rob Hulls & Associates Mount Isa, from 1986–90.

Political career

Federal Parliament

Rob Hulls served one term in Federal Parliament from 1990–93 as the member for Kennedy, Queensland. He was elected in 1990, succeeding the long-standing National Party member, Bob Katter, Sr, who had retired from politics (he died just prior to the election).