Ken Coghill

The Honourable Dr Ken Coghill MP
Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
In office 25 October 1988 – 26 October 1992
Premier	John Cain
Preceded by	Tom Edmunds
Succeeded by	John Delzoppo
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Werribee
In office 5 May 1979 – 30 March 1996
Preceded by	Neville Hudson
Succeeded by	Mary Gillett
Personal details
Born	Kenneth Alistair Coghill (1944-11-10) 10 November 1944 Mansfield, Victoria, Australia
Political party	Labor
Spouse(s)	Judith Wakeman (m.1969; div.2007) Julia Thornton (m.2008)
Children	One
Alma mater	Monash University (PhD) University of Melbourne (BVSc)

Kenneth Alistair Coghill (born 10 November 1944 in Mansfield, Victoria) is a former Australian politician.

Life and career

Educated at Caulfield Grammar School, Coghill studied Veterinary Science at the University of Melbourne and worked as a veterinarian before serving on the Wodonga City Council. He entered the Victorian Legislative Assembly as a Labor Party Member for Werribee in the 1979 State elections, and served as the Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1988 to 1992.

After retiring from Parliament in 1995, he earned a Ph.D. from the University of Melbourne. He is currently an associate professor at Monash University.

See also

• List of Caulfield Grammar School people

External links

• Parliament of Victoria biography