predecessor parliament successor birth_place constituency_mp nationality party birth_date term_start article_title term_end name occupation
milton whiting victorian russell savage mildura , victoria , australia mildura australian liberal party of australia 20 november 1957 1 october 1988 craig bildstien
 5 march 1996 craig bildstien journalist
craig bildstien

craig stephen bildstien -lrb- born 20 november 1957 -rrb- in an australian journalist and former politician , who was a liberal party member for the victorian legislative assembly seat of mildura from 1988 to 1996 .
born in mildura , he attended merbein high school .
before entering politics , bildstien worked as a journalist , joining the `` sunraysia daily '' in 1974 , and later `` the border mail '' as a rural affairs writer .
from 1981 to 1982 , bildstien was press secretary for the victorian minister for agriculture and rural affairs , before returning to journalism as a political editor for `` the news '' in adelaide .
after a few years back at the `` sunraysia daily '' as chief sub-editor , during which time he was a councillor in the mildura city council , bildstien returned to `` the news '' as the paper 's chief political writer .
bildstien nominated as a liberal party candidate for mildura in the 1988 victorian state election , and was elected on 1 october .
he sat on several committees , and was parliamentary secretary to the minister for agriculture from 1992 to 1996 .
at the 1996 state election , he was defeated by independent candidate russell savage .
after leaving politics , bildstien returned to south australia , where he worked as a chief of staff for the premier , john olsen ; chief of staff to iain evans ; press secretary for the federal member for hindmarsh , christine gallus ; and media advisor for the adelaide city council .
he then joined the adelaide `` advertiser '' in various reporting and editorial roles .
he is currently the director of media and statekholder relations in the ombudsman 's office of the fair work commission .
