interfere with his review of State electoral boundaries in his capacity as a Electoral Boundaries Commissioner. Notably, Bell, who served as the Surveyor-General 1999-2003, was later to be officially recognized for his professional service and contributions, including: (1) a Doctorate of Applied Science Honoris Causa, RMIT University in 2003; (ii) a Lifetime Achievement Award, The University of Melbourne in 2021; and (3) appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2022 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia). In January 2005 Bracks dumped Delahunty as Planning Minister. Rob Hulls replaced Delahunty in what the media reported as an "increasingly controversial" ministerial portfolio. Delahunty commented in the media that in late February 2005 "she picked up The Sunday Age to read that members of the ruling Right faction of the ALP wanted her out of her safe seat." In October 2006, Delahunty advised that she would not contest the November 2006 election due to health and family reasons. Personal life Delahunty is the sister of Victorian National Party MP, Hugh Delahunty, who is also a former Victorian Football League player, as is another brother, Michael. Her husband of 22 years, the journalist Jock Rankin, died in 2002. She has two children, Nicholas and Olivia. She was a guest on Life Matters (ABC Radio National, 26 August 2010) on such topics as grief, parenting, civic participation and public life, and her memoir, Public Life, Private Grief. Bibliography Non-fiction Critical studies and reviews of Delahunty's work Review of Gravity. References 1951 births ABC News (Australia) presenters Australian television journalists Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria Australian people of Irish descent Women members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Delegates to the Australian Constitutional Convention 1998 20th-century Australian politicians Walkley Award winners Living people Politicians from Melbourne Journalists from Melbourne Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Victorian Ministers for Women 21st-century Australian politicians 21st-century Australian women politicians 20th-century Australian women politicians Australian women television journalists National Library of Australia Council members People educated at Loreto College, Victoria La Trobe University alumni