Former Victorian government minister Justin Madden will quit politics at the next state election. Source: AAP
HIGH-PROFILE Labor MP Justin Madden won't contest the next Victorian election, becoming the seventh opposition member to quit the party since the last poll.
The former government minister and AFL footballer says he will step down immediately from the opposition frontbench.
Mr Madden said his decision to step down would allow Labor leader Daniel Andrews to appoint a replacement and help the renewal of the party before the November 2014 election.
As planning minister under the previous Brumby Labor government, Mr Madden came under fire over a planned sham public consultation process concerning the Windsor Hotel redevelopment.
He said he hoped he would be remembered for more than that incident.
Another senior Labor MP, deputy president of the upper house and Eastern Victoria Region MP Matt Viney, will also quit politics at the 2014 election.
Mr Viney, who suffered a minor stroke last month and was not due to return to parliament until December, told Mr Andrews he wanted to put his health first.
Mr Viney and Mr Madden join their Labor colleagues Jo Duncan and Christine Campbell in deciding not to recontest their seats.
Pascoe Vale MP Ms Campbell on Wednesday said she would retire after 17 years of service while Ms Duncan, the member for the marginal seat of Macedon, announced her decision on November 4.
Opting out of public life after more than 20 years in politics, former Labor minister Tim Holding quit on February 15 this year, while former minister Bronwyn Pike retired on May 7 last year.
Former Victorian premier John Brumby quit politics in 2010, one month after he lost the state election to Ted Baillieu.
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