Craig Farrell (politician)

Craig Maxwell Farrell (born 28 January 1964) is an Australian politician, and a member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council representing the seat of Derwent for the Australian Labor Party.

Farrell was elected to the Legislative Council in a by-election on 7 May 2011 following the resignation of Michael Aird in 2010. He also serves as a councillor and Deputy Mayor of Derwent Valley Council,^[1] and was an electoral officer in the New Norfolk office of federal MP Dick Adams.^[2] He is President of the Derwent Valley Railway Preservation Society.^[3]

In the 1980s, Farrell hosted The Cartoon Company, a Saturday morning cartoon programming block on TasTV, with a costumed character called "Boss Poss". From the 1990s he was variously a television sales executive and real estate representative.

References

^ Labor backs deputy mayor for Derwent, ABC News, 4 December 2011.
^ Neales, Sue: Ballot box fatigue in Derwent, The Mercury, 4 May 2011.
^ Jackson, Trevor: Choo-choo, my coo-ca-choo, ABC Tasmania, 31 January 2005.

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Current Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council

Labor (2)	Craig Farrell · Doug Parkinson

Liberal (1)	Vanessa Goodwin

Independent (12)	Rosemary Armitage · Ivan Dean · Kerry Finch · Ruth Forrest · Mike Gaffney · Greg Hall · Paul Harriss · Tony Mulder · Tania Rattray-Wagner · Sue Smith · Adriana Taylor · Jim Wilkinson

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Name	Farrell, Craig
Alternative names	Farrell, Craig Maxwell (full name)
Short description	Australian politician; Member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council
Date of birth	28 January 1964
Place of birth	Scottsdale, Tasmania, Australia
Date of death
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