Darren Leicester Cheeseman MP (born 8 June 1976) is an Australian politician, holding the seat of Corangamite for the Australian Labor Party between 2007 and 2013. Cheeseman lost the seat to the Liberal Party of Australia's Sarah Henderson at the 2013 federal election.Cheeseman was born in Christchurch, New Zealand. He grew up in Ballarat and attended Mount Clear Secondary College. He later studied for a Bachelor of Applied Science in Geology at the University of Ballarat.