Facts: - profession: teacher ; public servant ; business management consultant - order: mlc for eastern victoria region - party: australian labor party - office: mlc for monash - term end: november 2014 november 2006 - term start: november 2006 november 2002 - birth date: 7 february 1948 - name: johan scheffer - birth place: jakarta , indonesia Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of johan scheffer .
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johan emiel scheffer -lrb- born 7 february 1948 , in jakarta -rrb- is an australian politician , and a former member of the victorian legislative council for the australian labor party .he was originally elected to the legislative council in 2002 for monash province , becoming only the second labor member to represent that electorate since its creation in 1937 .when monash province was abolished in 2006 , he was successful in winning one of the five seats in the newly created eastern victoria region of the legislative council .