Adrian Tantari (; born 15 March 1961) is an Australian politician, a member of the
Labor Party, and was elected as the representative of
Hervey Bay
Hervey Bay () is a city on the coast of the Fraser Coast Region of Queensland, Australia. The city is situated approximately or 3½ hours' highway drive north of the state capital, Brisbane. It is located on the Hervey Bay (Queensland), bay of ...
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, during the
2020 Queensland state election. The seat of Hervey Bay has had two Australian Labor Party, a One Nation Party and a National Party/Liberal National Party members since its inception. At the 2020 election, the seat was considered a "safe" seat for the
Liberal National Party of Queensland
The Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) is a major political party in Queensland, Australia. It was formed in 2008 by a merger of the Queensland divisions of the Liberal Party and the National Party. At a federal level and in most other ...
, who had held the seat since 2009.
Biography
Tantari was born in 1961, in
Altona, Victoria
Altona is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Hobsons Bay local government area. Altona recorded a population of 11,490 at the .
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, to an Italian family. His father immigrated to Australia after World War Two at the age of 17. Tantari is divorced and has 3 adult children.
[ Prior to the 2020 election, Tantari has lived on the Fraser Coast for over 22 years and was the Labor candidate in the ]2017 Queensland state election
The 2017 Queensland state election was held on 25 November 2017 to elect all 93 members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, the unicameral Parliament of Queensland.
The first-term incumbent Labor government, led by Premier Annastacia P ...
.[ Locally, he is a member of the Hervey Bay Historical Society, the Hervey Bay Boat Club, and the Fraser Coast Bicycle Users Group.][
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Political career
2017 state election
In 2017, Tantari was the Labor Party candidate for Hervey Bay. He received 29.1% of the vote, behind the Liberal National candidate, Ted Sorensen
Theodore Chaikin Sorensen (May 8, 1928 – October 31, 2010) was an American lawyer, writer, and presidential adviser. He was a speechwriter for President John F. Kennedy, as well as one of his closest advisers. President Kennedy once called him ...
, who received 37.7% of the vote. After preferences, Tantari received 40.9% of the vote to Sorensen's 59.1%.[
Tantari's 2017 campaign emphasised growing the region's educational institutions and gaining better infrastructure for the growing city.]
2020 state election
In his 2020 campaign, Tantari called for the re-establishment of the Ministerial Regional Community Forum, based out of Hervey Bay, to help bolster the economic significance of the region.[
Prior to the 2020 Queensland state election, the seat of Hervey Bay was treated as a "safe" seat for the Liberal Nationals.][
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Parliamentary Activities
Tantari is a member of the Queensland Parliament's Economics and Governance Committee.
Former member of the Queensland Parliament's Parliamentary Crime and Conduct Committee
References
External links
Official profile
on the Labor Party website
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1961 births
Living people
Australian politicians of Italian descent
Politicians from Queensland
Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland
21st-century Australian politicians
Labor Right politicians
People from Altona, Victoria