Bev McArthur

Beverley McArthur (née Murch; born 10 September 1949) is an Australian politician. She has been a Liberal Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council since 2018, representing Western Victoria Region.[1][2]

Bev McArthur

MLC
Member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Western Victoria Region
Assumed office
24 November 2018
Personal details
Born
Beverley Murch

(1949-09-10) 10 September 1949
Terang, Victoria
Political partyLiberal Party
Spouse(s)Stewart McArthur
Websitehttps://www.bevmcarthur.com/

McArthur was born in Terang and raised on a rural property near Tylden, attending Tylden Primary School and Clyde School at Mount Macedon. She moved to London for five years after finishing high school, before returning to Australia and completing a social science degree at the Bendigo College of Advanced Education. She was a staffer for federal MP Stewart McArthur following his 1983 election, and married McArthur in 1985. They later operated a beef farm near Camperdown for many years.[2][3][4]

She joined the Liberal Party in her early twenties. She was the Bendigo federal electorate chairperson and was elected to the party's state administrative committee c. 1982. She unsuccessfully stood for the state presidency in 1992 after Michael Kroger's resignation, but was defeated by Ted Baillieu. She later served as a long-time country female state vice-president of the Liberal Party. She won Liberal preselection for the 2018 state election as a late replacement for Simon Ramsay, who abruptly retired due to drink-driving charges. She had previously been touted as a likely preselection candidate for the Australian Senate in 2019.[5][6][7][2]

In 2021 she resisted her parties position on gay conversion therapy, crossing the floor of parliament to vote against the bill. A bill described by fellow MP's as "one more step in the fight for full equality" which would make it illegal to attempt to change or suppress a person's sexual orientation or gender identity.

References
  1. "Western Victoria". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  2. "Beverley McArthur interviewed by Rob Linn in the Old Parliament House political and parliamentary oral history project [sound recording]". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  3. "Heavy wedding". The Age. 30 September 1985. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  4. "About Bev". Liberal Party of Australia. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  5. "Corangamite Shire councillor Bev McArthur pre-selected for Upper House Western Victoria seat". Warrnambool Standard. 19 August 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  6. "Bev McArthur likely to replace Simon Ramsay on Western Victoria Liberal ticket". Weekly Times. 1 August 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  7. "About Bev". Liberal Party of Australia. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
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