Paul Basil O'Halloran (born 17 April 1950) is a former
Australian politician.
Early life
O'Halloran grew up on a dairy farm at
Preolenna on the north west coast of Tasmania and later moved to
North Motton. Early in life he was a Labor supporter, but his activism in the Franklin Dam dispute lead him to the Greens. Prior to politics, he was a schoolteacher and administrator and later a scientist at the
University of Tasmania
The University of Tasmania (UTAS) is a public research university, primarily located in Tasmania, Australia. Founded in 1890, it is Australia's fourth oldest university. Christ College, one of the university's residential colleges, first prop ...
, where he managed a university agricultural industry project aimed at linking educator providers with industry.
Political career
O'Halloran was a
Greens candidate for several state elections before being elected to the
Division of Braddon
The Division of Braddon is an Australian electoral division in the state of Tasmania. The current MP is Gavin Pearce of the Liberal Party, who was elected at the 2019 federal election.
Braddon is a rural electorate covering approximately ...
in the
Tasmanian House of Assembly
The House of Assembly, or Lower House, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. The other is the Legislative Council or Upper House. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Hobart.
The Assembly has 25 m ...
in
2010,
receiving 7.9% of first preference votes. O'Halloran is the first Greens member for Braddon since
Di Hollister lost her seat in 1998.
He was not re-elected at the
2014 House of Assembly elections.
References
1950 births
Living people
Australian Greens members of the Parliament of Tasmania
Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly
Australian schoolteachers
21st-century Australian politicians
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