Tony Mulder

Teunis "Tony" Mulder APM (born 9 May 1955 in Rotterdam, Netherlands)[1] is an Australian politician. He was an independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council, representing the electoral division of Rumney from 2011 to 2017.[2] Mulder is currently serving as a councillor on the Clarence City Council since 2018, having previously served as an alderman from 2005 to 2011.[3]

Tony Mulder
APM
Member of the Legislative Council for Rumney
In office
7 May 2011 – 6 May 2017
Preceded byLin Thorp
Succeeded bySarah Lovell
Personal details
Born
Teunis Mulder

(1955-05-09) 9 May 1955
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Political partyIndependent Liberal
Other political
affiliations		Liberal
OccupationPolice officer

He was born in Rotterdam in 1955, and his family emigrated to Australia in 1957. He studied political science at the University of Tasmania.[1]

Mulder is a former police officer, and was a Commander in the Tasmania Police. He was director of the State Security Unit, the Tasmanian Police counter-terrorism taskforce.[4]

Although running as an independent candidate, Mulder openly retains links to the Liberal Party,[5] for whom he ran as a candidate for Franklin in the 2010 state election.[6] Before the 2010 election, the Labor Party lodged a complaint that Mulder may have breached the Electoral Act when he appeared in a television advertisement wearing a police uniform, giving the impression that he was still a serving police officer. He was cleared of breaching the Electoral Act by the Tasmanian Electoral Commission.[7]

Mulder was defeated by Labor candidate Sarah Lovell at the 2017 election for Rumney.[8] He unsuccessfully contested the new seat of Prosser at the 2018 periodic election.[9]

References
  1. Inaugural speech: Hon. Tony Mulder MLC Archived 21 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Parliament of Tasmania, 21 June 2011.
  2. Media Release — 2011 Legislative Council Elections – Update Monday 9 May, Tasmanian Electoral Commission, 9 May 2011.
  3. "Councillors". ccc.tas.gov.au.
  4. Annual Report 2008–09 Archived 22 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Tasmania Police.
  5. Neales, Sue: Dramatic tension mounting, The Mercury, 6 May 2011.
  6. 2010 Tasmanian Election – Franklin, ABC News, 2010.
  7. Mulder cleared by Electoral Commission, 936 ABC Hobart, 11 March 2010.
  8. "Labor wins seat of Rumney in Tasmania's Upper House elections". ABC News. 7 May 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  9. "Prosser poll candidates a 'blast from the past'". ABC News. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018.


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