# Peter Lockwood

Peter John Lockwood is an Australian politician and information and communications technology (ICT) professional. He was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, from 2002 to 2006, representing the Australian Labor Party.

## Work

Lockwood began his working life in the Commonwealth Bank, but gave that up to explore his aspirations, and worked as a bus conductor in Sydney. After completing a computer course, he became a computer operator at Drug Houses of Australia (DHA), moving to Alcan Aluminium (now part of Rio Tinto) in Sydney before re-locating to Canberra to join the Australian Public Service during the term of the Whitlam Government. He was part of the last Programmer in Training (PIT) intake in the public service, under which units in ADP were completed (to be credited to a future degree) at the Canberra College of Advanced Education (now the University of Canberra), and combined with on-the-job training in automatic data processing (ADP) in the Australian Public Service.
After nine years in Canberra, Peter moved to Melbourne, where he joined Myer. Following a period as an IT team leader there, he became a business proprietor from 1985 to 1991. During this time Peter was on contract with PAXUS, writing, presenting and selling IT technical courses. Peter went on to Ferntree Computer Services providing training services then to Telstra as a senior Technical support personTelstra and IBM.
He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Swinburne University in 1987.

## Politics

From 1989 to 2002, Lockwood was secretary of the Knoxfield branch of the Labor Party and secretary and state delegate of the Aston FEA (Federal Electorate Assembly) for the ALP from 1991 to 2002. He stood as a Labor candidate for Wantirna in 1992, in the anti-Labor landslide that was one of the largest anti-Labor swings in the state's history.
Peter unsuccessfully contested the federal seat of Aston for the Australian Labor Party at the 1998 federal election, where he performed well with a swing to him in an election where Labor's national primary vote was 51% but government remained out of reach..
Peter was the successful candidate for Bayswater in the Victorian Legislative Assembly at the 2002 state election. He was a backbencher in the Bracks Government until 2006, when he lost his seat to the Liberal Party.

## Local government (1993-1994, 2000-2003, 2012-2020, 2024-2028)

Peter served on Knox City Council from 1993 to 1994. He again sought election as a councillor for the City of Knox at the Local Government Elections in 2000 winning the Dinsdale Ward prior to election to the Parliament of Victoria. 2012, winning in Baird Ward. He was re-elected to council in 2016. Peter served on the board of the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) from 2013 to 2015, and also as a member of the board of Eastern Regional Libraries from 2012 to 2016 and 2017 to 2018. He was the mayor of Knox in 2014–15. He lost his seat in the 2020 local government election and won again in 2024.

## Personal life

Peter was born in Sydney, New South Wales, to Jack and Norma Lockwood, and attended Drummoyne Boys' High School, completing the NSW HSC successfully in its 2nd year of operation. He married Marie in Sydney and has two adult children.