Trent Zimmerman

Trent Zimmerman
Photo of Trent Zimmerman
Member of the Australian Parliament
for North Sydney
In office
5 December 2015 – 21 May 2022
Preceded byJoe Hockey
Succeeded byKylea Tink
Councillor of North Sydney Council
for Wollstonecraft Ward
In office
27 March 2004 – 8 September 2012
Personal details
Born
Trent Moir Zimmerman

(1968-10-15) 15 October 1968 (age 56)
Sydney, Australia
Political partyLiberal Party
Parents
  • Roy Zimmerman OAM
  • Brenda Zimmerman
EducationNewington College
Alma materUniversity of Sydney

Trent Moir Zimmerman (born 15 October 1968) is an Australian former politician. He was elected to succeed Joe Hockey as the Liberal Party of Australia member of the House of Representatives seat of North Sydney at the 2015 by-election. Zimmerman was one of eight openly LGBTQ current members of the Parliament of Australia and the first openly LGBTI member of the House of Representatives.[1][2]

He was a vice-president and acting president[3] of the NSW Division of the Liberal Party of Australia and was also previously Deputy Chief Executive and director, Transport Policy, of the Tourism and Transport Forum of Australia.[4]

Zimmerman lost the seat of North Sydney at the 2022 Australian federal election to independent Kylea Tink, following a trend in that election of the nation's wealthiest electorates choosing Climate 200 backed teal independents and removing the Liberal Party from its safest seats.

  1. ^ Gartrell, Adam (5 December 2015). "Liberal Trent Zimmerman wins North Sydney byelection despite swing". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  2. ^ When an election’s not a battle but a limp formality: Daily Telegraph 26 November 2015
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference nspreselect was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ TTF Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2013.