# Cross-party gathering honours late Victorian Greens MP Tim Read at state memorial

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/whos-who-of-victorian-politics-turns-out-for-state-funeral-of-greens-mp-tim-read-mr-integrity/
- Published: 2026-10-28T09:22:22+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-28T09:38:30+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16245019/greens-mp-tim-read-funderal-victoria-election.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: World

## Key points

- More than 500 people honoured Tim Read at a Melbourne state memorial.
- A procession of more than 100 cyclists paid tribute.
- Read was remembered for his integrity and public service.

## Summary

More than 500 people gathered at Melbourne Town Hall on Wednesday to remember Victorian Greens MP Tim Read, whose state memorial drew colleagues from across the political spectrum. A procession of more than 100 cyclists also honoured the Brunswick MP, remembered by party leader Ellen Sandell as “Mr Integrity”.

Read, 64, died on 19 September after metastatic skin cancer spread from a melanoma removed several years earlier. A GP and medical researcher, he became Brunswick’s first non-Labor state representative in 2018 and served two terms; in January, he said he would not contest November’s state election. Colleagues also recalled his work chairing Parliament’s Integrity and Oversight Committee and strengthening Victoria’s anti-corruption watchdog.

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