Tim Mulherin

The Honourable
Tim Mulherin
Deputy Leader of the Opposition of Queensland
In office
28 March 2012  31 January 2015
Leader Annastacia Palaszczuk
Preceded by Tim Nicholls
Succeeded by John-Paul Langbroek
Deputy Leader of the Labor Party in Queensland
In office
28 March 2012  31 January 2015
Leader Annastacia Palaszczuk
Preceded by Andrew Fraser
Succeeded by Jackie Trad
Minister for Rural and Regional Queensland
In office
26 March 2009  26 March 2012
Preceded by Desley Boyle (Regional Development)
Succeeded by Position abolished
Minister for Primary Industries of Queensland
In office
12 December 2005  26 March 2012
Preceded by Gordon Nuttall
Succeeded by John McVeigh (Agriculture)
Minister for Fisheries of Queensland
In office
12 December 2005  21 February 2011
Preceded by Gordon Nuttall
Succeeded by Craig Wallace
Member of the Queensland Parliament for Mackay
In office
15 July 1995  31 January 2015
Preceded by Ed Casey
Succeeded by Julieanne Gilbert
Personal details
Born Timothy Sean Mulherin
(1957-08-24) 24 August 1957
Mackay, Queensland

Timothy Sean Mulherin (born 24 August 1957) is an Australian politician who was the MP for Mackay in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1995 to 2015 and Deputy Leader of the Opposition.

Early life and career

Born in Mackay, he was a clerk on the Mackay Electricity Board before becoming involved in politics.

Political career

From 1994 to 1995 he was a state organiser of the Australian Labor Party. In 1995, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland as the Labor member for Mackay, replacing Ed Casey, a former ALP leader. He served as a backbencher until he was named to the Beattie Ministry to replace the disgraced Gordon Nuttall as Minister for Primary Industries and Fisheries in December 2005. He was given additional responsibility for Regional Development in 2009, and his title was recast as Minister for Primary Industries, Fisheries and Rural and Regional Queensland. In February 2011, his titled was again changed, this time to Minister for Agriculture, Food and Regional Economies[1]

In ALP's heavy defeat at the 2012 election, Mulherin barely held on to his seat of Mackay, a Labor stronghold for the better part of a century. There was a 16-point swing against him, reducing his majority from a safe 16 percent to a narrow 0.5 percent, making it the most marginal Labor seat in the Assembly. He was one of only three Labor members elected from outside South East Queensland and was elected as Deputy Opposition Leader.

During the 2015 election campaign Mulherin announced his retirement citing family and health reasons but remained as Deputy Opposition Leader until polling day.[2] At the time of his retirement, he was the longest-serving Labor member of the Legislative Assembly, and the only one to have previously served in Opposition prior to 2012, having been in Parliament during the 1996–98 Coalition ministry of Rob Borbidge.

Personal life

He is married with three children.

References

Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by
Ed Casey
Member for Mackay
1995–2015
Succeeded by
Julieanne Gilbert


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