Jayson Hinder

Jayson Richard Hinder (4 September 1965 – 30 April 2017)[1] was an Australian lawyer and politician. He was elected as a Labor Party member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly for Ginninderra electorate, in a countback conducted on 3 March 2016 to fill a casual vacancy caused by the resignation of Mary Porter.[2] He was defeated at the general election in October. Hinder was killed in a motorcycle accident in California in April 2017.[3]

Jayson Hinder
Member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
for Ginninderra
In office
3 March 2016 – 22 October 2016
Preceded byMary Porter
Personal details
Born
Jayson Richard Hinder

(1965-09-04)4 September 1965
Canberra, Australia
Died30 April 2017(2017-04-30) (aged 51)
California, United States
Political partyLabor Party
Alma materAustralian National University
OccupationLawyer

Early life

Hinder was born and raised in Canberra, the son of a draughtsman and an art teacher. When his father died of emphysema at the age of 43, Hinder was sent to boarding school in the Southern Highlands while his mother sold the family home and moved into Canberra Girls Grammar School as the school's boarding manager.[4]

After leaving school, Hinder worked as a motor mechanic and owned his own business. At the age of 30, he decided to become a lawyer, selling his business and studying law at Australian National University.[4] He was a partner in two Canberra law firms before starting his own practice, Jayson Hinder & Associates, in 2004.

Sport

Hinder was a member of the ACT Veterans Rugby Club. He received a "Player of the Day Jacket" in 2015[5] and was also a member of the winning Australian Parliament XV squad in the 2015 Parliamentary Rugby World Cup in England.

References
  1. Birth Notices, The Canberra Times, 6 September 1965]
  2. "Jayson Hinder duly anointed to take Mary Porter's seat". Canberra City News. 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  3. "Former ACT parliamentarian Jayson Hinder dies in motorcycle crash". Canberra Times. 1 May 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  4. "Jayson Hinder prepares to enter the ACT Parliament if and when Mary Porter resigns". The Canberra Times. 7 December 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  5. "Hinder - Player of the Day". Facebook.
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