Victorian Greens MP Tim Read has died aged 64, following a high-profile battle with metastatic cancer.
Paying tribute to Dr Read on social media today, Victorian Greens leader Ellen Sandell said the Brunswick MP was the most liked MP in the state parliament.
Dr Read first ran for a parliamentary seat at a federal level, running as the Greens candidate at the 2013 election in former prime minister Bob Hawke's seat of Wills, which overlaps with the state electorate of Brunswick.
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Dr Read used his final year as the Member for Brunswick to fight against the Allan government's decision to close VicHealth.
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Victorian Greens MP Tim Read has died aged 64, following a high-profile battle with metastatic cancer.
Dr Read used his final year as the Member for Brunswick to fight against the Allan government's decision to close VicHealth.
The former general practitioner told the ABC in January that VicHealth had helped pioneer sun safety messaging that could have helped him reduce his cancer risk if promoted when he was younger.
Paying tribute to Dr Read on social media today, Victorian Greens leader Ellen Sandell said the Brunswick MP was the most liked MP in the state parliament.
"Tim never held back from speaking truth to power, whether it was getting arrested for spray-painting health messages on tobacco billboards before getting elected or taking it up to the Premier in Question Time."
Dr Read first ran for a parliamentary seat at a federal level, running as the Greens candidate at the 2013 election in former prime minister Bob Hawke's seat of Wills, which overlaps with the state electorate of Brunswick.
The following year, he stood as the Greens candidate for Brunswick in the Victorian election before winning the seat on his second attempt in 2018.
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