Don Wing

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The Honourable Donald George Wing, LL.B. is an Australian politician. A member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council since 1982, representing the division of Paterson, formerly Launceston, he has been President of the Legislative Council since 2002. Wing was also Mayor of the City of Launceston from 1983 to1987.

Wing was born in Ulverstone, and was first elected to the Legislative Council on May 22, 1982. He was also a member of the Launceston City Council at the time, and became its Mayor the following year; a path that was later followed by fellow conservative independent MLC Ivan Dean. He has vocally supported Dean in the face of criticism for holding both positions at once, arguing that his own experience shows that such a career is workable.

Although Wing is a former president of the Tasmanian branch of the Liberal Party of Australia, he has always served as an independent in the Legislative Council due to his party's stance of not endorsing partisan candidates to the body and instead backing conservative independents.