Geoff Hilton

John Geoffrey Hilton (born 13 October 1947) is an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 2006 to 2006, representing Western Port Province. Hilton was born in St. Helens in the United Kingdom, and studied at the University of Aberdeen and Hull University. He was employed as an accountant after graduating, but moved into consultancy in the late 1970s, first as a management consultant, and then moving to executive recruitment. In 2002, Hilton won Labor preselection to contest the new seat of Western Port Province. The seat had replaced the generally safe Liberal seat of South Western Province, and been made safer for the Liberal Party in the ensuing redistribution. Amidst...