Tim Mulherin

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The Honourable Tim Mulherin MP
Deputy Leader of the Opposition of Queensland
Incumbent
Assumed office 28 March 2012
Leader	Annastacia Palaszczuk
Preceded by	Tim Nicholls
Deputy Leader of the Labor Party in Queensland
Incumbent
Assumed office 28 March 2012
Leader	Annastacia Palaszczuk
Preceded by	Andrew Fraser
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
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 July 1995
Preceded by	Ed Casey

Timothy Sean Mulherin (born 24 August 1957) is an Australian politician who is currently the MP for Mackay in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland 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]

Mulherin was elected as Deputy Opposition Leader in the wake of the ALP's defeat at the 2012 election. He is the longest-serving ALP MP and the only to have served in Opposition, having been in Parliament during the 1996–98 Coalition Ministry of Rob Borbidge.

Personal life

He is married with three children.

References

↑ "Timothy Sean Mulherin". Queensland Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 3 February 2009.

Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by Ed Casey	Member for Mackay 1995–present	Incumbent

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Labor (7)	Bill Byrne Jo-Ann Miller Tim Mulherin Annastacia Palaszczuk Curtis Pitt Desley Scott Jackie Trad

Katter's Aust. Party (3)	Ray Hopper Rob Katter Shane Knuth

Palmer United Party (2)	Alex Douglas Carl Judge

Independents (2)	Liz Cunningham Peter Wellington

Persondata
Name	Mulherin, Tim
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Short description	Australian politician
Date of birth	24 August 1957
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