Timothy Leonard Mander (born 9 August 1961) is an Australian politician and a former leading Australian
rugby league
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referee. He is a
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
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. Mander was the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Deputy Leader of the
Liberal National Party of Queensland
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.
Before politics
A Christian and
bible college
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graduate, Mander was the CEO of
Scripture Union
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Queensland.
Mander controlled the
National Rugby League
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(NRL)
grand final
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in
2004 and
2005. He refereed a total of 291 first grade games between 1992 and 2005. He was also an NRL
video referee
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The video, having already been shown live, is replayed in order for viewers to see again and analyze what had j ...
.
Honours awarded to Mander include
2005 International Referee of the Year and 2005 Queensland Father of the Year.
Politics
Mander is the member of the
Legislative Assembly of Queensland
The Legislative Assembly of Queensland is the sole chamber of the unicameral Parliament of Queensland established under the Constitution of Queensland. Elections are held every four years and are done by full preferential voting. The Assembl ...
for
Everton, having been elected at the
2012 Queensland state election
The 2012 Queensland state election was held on 24 March 2012 to elect all 89 members of the Legislative Assembly, a unicameral parliament.
The Labor Party (ALP), led by Premier Anna Bligh, was defeated by the opposition Liberal National P ...
by defeating
Labor
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* Childbirth, the delivery of a baby
* Labour (human activity), or work
** Manual labour, physical work
** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer
** Organized labour and the la ...
's
Murray Watt
Murray Patrick Watt (born 20 January 1973) is an Australian politician who has served as Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry in the Albanese government since June 2022. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has b ...
(the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer). Mander was appointed Assistant Minister for Sport and Racing on 3 April 2012. He was promoted to Minister of Housing and Public Works on 19 November 2012, following the resignation of
Bruce Flegg.
Following poor opinion polling for LNP leader
Lawrence Springborg
Lawrence James Springborg (born 17 February 1968) is an Australian politician. He led the National Party in the Queensland Parliament from 2003 to 2006 and again in 2008, before becoming the first leader of the merged Liberal National Party ...
, Mander initiated a leadership challenge against him, and former Treasurer
Tim Nicholls
Timothy James Nicholls (born 6 April 1965) is an Australian politician and a former leader of the Liberal National Party of Queensland. He served as the Treasurer of Queensland and the Minister for Trade of that state between March/April 2012 ...
also nominated for the position. In the first round, Mander received only 10 votes, against Nicholls' 14 and Springborg's 17, and was therefore eliminated. Nicholls eventually prevailed with 22 votes to Springborg's 19 and was sworn in as Opposition Leader on 6 May 2016.
After the LNP lost the
2017 state election, Mander was elected deputy LNP leader, under leader
Deb Frecklington.
References
External links
Mander to referee 2005 NRL grand finalMander retires as NRL reveals new deal for refsTim Mander – profile
1961 births
Living people
Liberal National Party of Queensland politicians
Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
Australian rugby league referees
National Rugby League referees
Rugby League World Cup referees
Australian sportsperson-politicians
People from Brisbane
21st-century Australian politicians
Deputy opposition leaders
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