Committee history
Here is a list of known committee members of the TTA/PTUA since 1980. If you have information that could help fill any gaps, please contact us.
1980
President: Charles Sowerine
Vice-president: John Alexopoulos
Secretary: Ken McIntyre
Treasurer: David Bowd
Public relations: Patrick O’Connor
- Doug Sherman
- Lynne Thompson
- Pat Minihan
- Barry Gray
- Steve Howard
- Alex Boyne
- Robin Vowels
1981
President: Doug Sherman
Vice-president: Ivan Powell
Secretary: Ken McIntyre
Treasurer: David Bowd
Public relations: Patrick O’Connor
- John Alexopoulos
- Pat Minihan
- Robin Vowels
- Rod Bryant
- Ria Smit
- Margaret Panter
- Alex Boyne
1982
President: Doug Sherman
Vice-president: Ivan Powell
Secretary: Ken McIntyre
Treasurer: David Bowd
Public relations: Patrick O’Connor
- John Alexopoulos
- Pat Minihan
- Robin Vowels
- Rod Bryant
- Ria Smit
- Alex Boyne
- Margaret Panter
- Steve Howard
- Barry Gray
1983
President: Charles Sowerine
Vice-president: Ivan Powell
Secretary: Ken McIntyre
Treasurer: David Bowd
Public relations: Patrick O’Connor
- John Alexopoulos
- Alex Boyne
- Barry Gray
- Steve Howard
- Rob Murphy
- Doug Sherman
- Robin Vowels
1984
At the Annual General Meeting of 1984, the organisation name changed from the Train Travellers Association to the Public Transport Users Association.
President: Charles Sowerine
Vice-president: Ivan Powell
Secretary: Ken McIntyre
Treasurer: David Bowd
Public relations: Patrick O’Connor
- John Alexopoulos
- Alex Boyne
- Rod Bryant
- Barry Gray
- Rob Murphy
- Chris McConville
- Doreen Parker
- Doug Sherman
- Robin Vowels
- Ray Walford
1985
President: Doug Sherman
Vice-president: Rod Byrant
Secretary: Ken McIntyre
Treasurer: David Bowd
Public relations: Patrick O’Connor
- John Alexopoulos
- Steve Howard
- Doreen Parker
- Ivan Powell
- Margaret Pullar
- Robin Vowells
- Ray Walford
1986
President: Doug Sherman
Vice-president: Patrick O’Connor
Secretary: Ken McIntyre
Treasurer: David Bowd
Public relations: Patrick O’Connor
- Peter Brownbill
- Rod Bryant
- Malcolm Higgs
- Steve Howard
- Paul Mees
- Margaret Pullar
- Robin Vowels
- Ray Walford
1987
President: Ken McIntyre
Vice-president: Doug Sherman
Secretary: Paul Mees
Treasurer: David Bowd
Public relations: Patrick O’Connor
- Peter Brownbill
- Malcolm Higgs
- Steve Howard
- Robin Vowels
- Hugh Waldron
- Ray Walford
1988
President: Ray Walford
Vice-president: Doug Sherman
Secretary: Paul Mees
Treasurer: David Bowd
Public relations: Patrick O’Connor
- Pamela Batten
- Peter Brownbill
- Malcolm Higgs
- Steve Howard
- Darren Room
- Robin Vowells
- Hugh Waldron
1989
(Committee details to come)
In 1989, the PTUA gained the following patrons:
- Sir Rupert Hamer (1916-2004)
- Dame Phyllis Frost (1917-2004)
- Winsome McCaughey
- Frank Crean
1990
President: Ray Walford
Vice-president: Wendy Moore
Secretary: Paul Mees
Treasurer: David Bowd
Public relations: Patrick O’Connor
- Peter Brownbill
- Jon Cervini
- Graeme Gibson
- Steve Howard
- Sybille Kalbitzer
- Jon Saul
- Hugh Waldron
- Gerry Warren
- Bernard Weston
1991
President: Ray Walford
Vice-president: Wendy Moore
Secretary: Paul Mees
Treasurer: David Bowd
Public relations: Patrick O’Connor
- Jenny Bonham
- Kevin Corgues
- Neva Finch
- Peter Hill
- Tim Hoffmann
- Jan Lacey
- Gerry Warren
1992
President: Ray Walford
Vice-president: Wendy Moore
Secretary: David Sauer
Treasurer: David Bowd
Public relations: Patrick O’Connor
- Wayne Burtt
- Neva Finch
- Peter Hill
- Neil MacDonald
- Jon Saul
- Hugh Waldron
- Gerry Warren
1993
President: Paul Mees
Vice-president: Lorna Rolfe
Secretary: Tim Grant
Treasurer: Judith Cooke
Public relations: Patrick O’Connor
Assistant secretary: John McPherson
- Wayne Burtt
- Josephine Connellan
- Neva Finch
- Daniel Neumann
- Ray Walford
- Gerry Warren
1994
President: Paul Mees
Vice-president: Lorna Rolfe
Secretary: Tim Grant
Treasurer: Les Chandra
Public relations: Patrick O’Connor
Assistant secretary: John McPherson
- Neva Finch
- Josephine Connellan
- Christine Hooper
- Alan Hardie
- Tim Hoffmann
- Gerry Warren
1995
President: Paul Mees
Vice-president: Neva Finch
Secretary: Les Chandra
Treasurer: Tim Grant
Public relations: Patrick O’Connor
Assistant secretary: John McPherson
- Gracy Geradi
- Alan Hardie
- Tim Hoffmann
- Christine Hooper
- Richard Todd
- Gerry Warren
1997
President: Paul Mees
Vice-president: Josephine Connellan
Secretary: Les Chandra
Treasurer: James Hoffman
Public relations: Patrick O’Connor
Assistant secretary: John McPherson
- Peter Dann
- Alan Hardie
- Mary Jamieson
- Tony Morton
- Demitri Pimenides
- Domenica Settle
- Christina Sindt
- Gerry Warren
1998
President: Paul Mees
Vice-president: John McPherson
Secretary: Les Chandra
Treasurer: Tim Hoffmann
- Peter Dann
- Wendy Everingham
- Alan Hardie
- Mary Jamieson
- Phil Morey
- Tony Morton
- Patrick O’Connor
- Demitri Pimenides
- Christina Sindt
- Gerry Warren
1999
President: Paul Mees
Vice-president: John McPherson
Secretary: Les Chandra
Treasurer: Wendy Everingham
- James Forsyth
- Alan Hardie
- Mary Jamieson
- Tim Hoffmann
- Tim Mattingsbrooke
- Anna Morton
- Tony Morton
- Demitri Pimenides
- Christina Sindt
- David Robertson
- Vaughan Williams
2000
President: Paul Mees
Vice-president: Anna Morton
Secretary: Vaughan Williams
Treasurer: Daniel Borowski
Assistant secretary: Les Chandra
- Glen Boyce
- Roberto D’Andrea
- Hayden Jones
- Tim Mattingsbrooke
- Tony Morton
- Miriam Powell
- Tim Petersen
- David Robertson
2001
President: Paul Mees
Vice-president: Anna Morton
Secretary: Vaughan Williams
Treasurer: Daniel Borowski
Assistant secretary: Les Chandra
- Glen Boyce
- John Cox
- Roberto D’Andrea
- Hayden Jones
- Tim Mattingsbrooke
- Tony Morton
- Miriam Powell
- Tim Petersen
- David Robertson
2002
President: Les Chandra
Vice-president: Anna Morton
Secretary: Vaughan Williams
Treasurer: Daniel Borowski
Assistant secretary: Lucy Oates
Geelong convenor: Tim Petersen
- Daniel Bowen
- John Cox
- Hayden Jones
- Martin Koval
- Bronwen Machin
- Tim Mattingsbrooke
- Tony Morton
- Miriam Powell
- David Robertson
- Luke Savage
2003
President: Les Chandra
Vice-president: Anna Morton
Secretary: Vaughan Williams
Treasurer: Daniel Borowski
Policy director: Tony Morton
Geelong convenor: Tim Petersen
- Daniel Bowen
- Matt Cook
- Peter Cook
- John Cox
- Martin Koval
- Jeremy Lunn
- Tim Mattinsbrooke
- David Robertson
2004
President: Daniel Bowen
Vice-president: Anna Morton
Secretary: Tony Morton
Treasurer: Peter Cook
Geelong convenor: Tim Petersen
- Matt Cook
- John Cox
- Beth Driscoll
- Tim Hoffmann
- Chris Loader
- Jeremy Lunn
- Alex Makin
- Tim Mattinsbrooke
- David Robertson
- Vaughan Williams
2005
President: Daniel Bowen
Vice-president: Chris Loader
Secretary: Tony Morton
Treasurer: Peter Cook
Policy director: Vaughan Williams
Geelong convenor: Paul Westcott
Outer-east convenor Alex Makin
- Beth Driscoll
- Tim Hoffmann
- Mark Johnson
- Jeremy Lunn
- Anna Morton
- David Robertson
- Chris Trikilis
- Kerryn Wilmot
2006
President: Daniel Bowen
Secretary: Tony Morton
Treasurer: Kerryn Wilmot
Geelong convenor: Tim Petersen
Outer-east convenor Alex Makin
- Beth Driscoll
- Mark Johnson
- Chris Loader
- Tim Long
- Jeremy Lunn
- Anthony Pitt
- David Robertson
- Chris Trikilis
2006-07
President: Daniel Bowen
Vice-president/Outer-east convenor: Alex Makin (resigned August 2007)
Secretary: Tony Morton
Treasurer: Kerryn Wilmot
Geelong convenor: Tim Petersen
- Phil Bourke
- Michael Graves
- Mark Johnson
- Tim Long
- Jeremy Lunn
- Anthony Pitt
- David Robertson
- Chris Trikilis
2007-08
(from October 2007)
President: Daniel Bowen
Secretary: Tony Morton
Treasurer: Kerryn Wilmot
Outereast convenor: Jeremy Lunn
Geelong convenor: Paul Westcott
- Phil Bourke
- Mark Johnson
- Rob Meredith
- Anthony Pitt
- David Robertson
- Karl Tracksdorf
- Justine Webse
- Vaughan Williams


