Tony Mulder
Tony Mulder | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Legislative Council for Rumney | |
| Assumed office 7 May 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Lin Thorp |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Teunis Mulder 9 May 1955 Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Occupation | Police officer |
Teunis "Tony" Mulder, APM (born 9 May 1955 in Rotterdam, Netherlands)[1] is an Australian politician, and an independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council, representing the electoral division of Rumney since his election on 7 May 2011.[2]
He was born in Rotterdam in 1955, and his family emigrated to Australia in 1957. He studied political science at the University of Tasmania.[1]
Mulder is a former police officer, and was a Commander in the Tasmania Police. He was director of the State Security Unit, the Tasmanian Police counter-terrorism taskforce.[3] He has served as an alderman on the Clarence City Council since 2005.[4] Although running as an independent candidate, Mulder openly retains links to the Liberal Party,[5] for whom he ran as a candidate for Franklin in the 2010 state election.[6] Before the 2010 election, the Labor Party lodged a complaint that Mulder may have breached the Electoral Act when he appeared in a television advertisement wearing a police uniform, giving the impression that he was still a serving police officer. He was cleared of breaching the Electoral Act by the Tasmanian Electoral Commission.[7]
References
- ^ a b Inaugural speech: Hon. Tony Mulder MLC, Parliament of Tasmania, 21 June 2011.
- ^ Media Release — 2011 Legislative Council Elections – Update Monday 9 May, Tasmanian Electoral Commission, 9 May 2011.
- ^ Annual Report 2008–09, Tasmania Police.
- ^ Alderman Tony Mulder, City of Clarence, 7 November 2005. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
- ^ Neales, Sue: Dramatic tension mounting, The Mercury, 6 May 2011.
- ^ 2010 Tasmanian Election – Franklin, ABC News, 2010.
- ^ Mulder cleared by Electoral Commission, 936 ABC Hobart, 11 March 2010.
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