Question: Facts: - parliament: australian - successor: bob mcmullan - constituency mp: fraser - party: australian labor party - predecessor: john langmore - occupation: state secretary of amwu -lrb- victorian branch -rrb- - term end: 31 august 1998 - term start: 1 february 1997 - birth date: 10 june 1966 - name: steve dargavel - nationality: australian - birth place: traralgon , victoria - alma mater: monash university Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of steve dargavel .
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steven john '' steve '' dargavel -lrb- born 10 june 1966 -rrb- is a former australian politician .dargavel was born in traralgon , victoria and received an associate diploma in welfare studies from monash university .he then worked as a youth refuge worker , youth housing worker and employment counsellor .he then became a research officer and , from 1996 , an organiser for the australian manufacturing workers union .dargavel won a by-election in 1997 as the australian labor party candidate for the house of representatives seat of fraser following the resignation of john langmore to take up a position in the united nations .he was beaten for preselection for the seat for the 1998 election by bob mcmullan , when the electorate of namadgi was abolished , leading to a reshuffling of labor candidates between the australian capital territory electorates .