Michael Victor Gaffney (born 30 November 1959) is an Australian politician. He has been an
Independent
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member of the
Tasmanian Legislative Council
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since 2009, representing the seat of
Mersey
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.
Born in
Devonport, Gaffney was trained as a teacher, and entered politics as a
Latrobe councillor in 1994. In 2002, he became the Mayor, and was President of the Tasmanian Local Government Association from 2006. In 2002, he contested
Braddon in the
House of Assembly
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for
Labor
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, but was unsuccessful. In 2009 he announced his candidacy for
Mersey
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, which was being vacated by sitting independent
Norma Jamieson
Norma Mary Jamieson (born 23 May 1941, in Ulverstone) is an Australian politician. She was an independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council (upper house) in the electoral division of Mersey
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.
References
1959 births
Living people
Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council
Independent members of the Parliament of Tasmania
Australian schoolteachers
Tasmanian local councillors
University of Tasmania alumni
People from Devonport, Tasmania
21st-century Australian politicians
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