Michael Xavier Charles Gidley (born 11 October 1976) is an Australian politician, and was the
Liberal
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* a supporter of liberalism
** Liberalism by country
* an adherent of a Liberal Party
* Liberalism (international relations)
* Sexually liberal feminism
* Social liberalism
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member for
Mount Waverley
Mount Waverley is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Monash local government area. Mount Waverley recorded a population of 35,340 at the 2021 census.
It ...
in the
Victorian Legislative Assembly
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from 2010 to 2018.
Career
Gidley is an accountant and former
Young Liberals president. He ran for Mount Waverley at the
2006 election, and also contested the safe Labor seat of
Thomastown
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at the
1999 election.
Gidley is
anti-abortion
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. In October 2014 he took part in the March for the
Babies
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alongside
Jan Kronberg.
in 2015 Gidley voted against banning anti abortion protesters from protesting outside abortion clinics.
Gidley is a supporter of the Monarchy.
Prior to gaining his party's nomination for the seat of Mount Waverley, Gidley had nominated for Liberal MP
Kim Wells
Kimberley Arthur Wells (born 6 August 1958) is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 1992, representing first Wantirna and then Scoresby and Rowville. Wells was the Treasurer of Vic ...
' seat of
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.
Gidley opposed legalizing euthanasia.
Gidley lost his seat in the 2018 Victorian election and subsequently went on to join an Internet gambling firm.
Personal life
Gidley was educated at Xavier College and he is married and has two children.
[https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/about/people-in-parliament/members-search/search-members/details/22/286]
References
External links
Parliamentary voting record of Michael Gidley at Victorian Parliament Tracker
1976 births
Living people
Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria
Australian monarchists
Deakin University alumni
Monash University alumni
People educated at Xavier College
21st-century Australian politicians
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