Brett Whiteley (politician)

Brett Whiteley
Whiteley in 2015
Government Whip in the House of Representatives
In office
27 September 2015 – 2 July 2016
Prime MinisterMalcolm Turnbull
Preceded byAndrew Nikolic
Succeeded byVacant
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Braddon
In office
7 September 2013 – 2 July 2016
Preceded bySid Sidebottom
Succeeded byJustine Keay
Member of the Tasmanian Parliament
for Braddon
In office
20 July 2002 – 20 March 2010
Serving with Green, Rockliff, Best, Kons
Preceded byBill Bonde
Succeeded byAdam Brooks
Personal details
Born
Brett David Whiteley

(1960-07-01) 1 July 1960 (age 64)
Burnie, Tasmania
NationalityAustralian
Political partyLiberal Party
SpouseSue Whiteley
Children3
ProfessionPolitician
[1][2][3][4]

Brett David Whiteley (born 1 July 1960, Burnie, Tasmania[4]) is an Australian politician. Whiteley was a Member of the House of Representatives representing the federal division of Braddon. He was elected at the 2013 federal election for the Liberal Party, defeating Labor's Sid Sidebottom, but was defeated after one term by Labor's Justine Keay at the 2016 federal election.

Prior to his election to federal parliament, Whiteley was a multi- Member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly representing the state electorate of Braddon from the 2002 state election until his defeat at the 2010 state election. In his first speech to state parliament, Whiteley stated that in 1993 he opened, in conjunction with two other people, a Christian training and retreat centre in Sheffield. He worked in this role for seven years.[3] He served as an alderman for the City of Burnie from 1999 to 2002.

In November 2012, Whiteley was endorsed as the Liberal candidate for the federal seat of Braddon. He won the seat against Labor's Sid Sidebottom with a swing of 10.0 points.[1]

Whiteley did not live in his electorate during the 2016 election campaign, but in neighbouring Lyons, at Squeaking Point near Port Sorell.[5][6]

On 27 September 2015, Prime Minister Turnbull announced that Whiteley would replace Andrew Nikolic as a Government Whip in the House of Representatives.[7] Whiteley lost his seat at the 2016 federal election to Labor candidate Justine Keay.[8] He was the unsuccessful Liberal candidate in the 2018 Braddon by-election.[9]

  1. ^ a b "Two Party Preferred by division for Braddon, Tas". Virtual Tally Room, Election 2013. Australian Electoral Commission. 26 September 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Mr Brett Whiteley MP". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  3. ^ a b Whiteley, Brett (26 September 2002). "Inaugural speech". Hansard. Tasmanian House of Assembly. Archived from the original on 24 December 2005.
  4. ^ a b "Whitley, Brett David". Members of the Parliament of Tasmania. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  5. ^ Georgie Burgess (16 May 2016). "Interstate Senate hopefuls target Tassie". The Examiner.
  6. ^ "How local is local? The 12 MPs who don't live in the seats they're trying to win". The Sydney Morning Herald. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  7. ^ "Whiteley appointed Government Whip". 27 September 2015.
  8. ^ "Electorate: Braddon". Federal Election 2016. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2 July 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
  9. ^ "Bill Shorten prevails as Labor sweeps super Saturday | AFR". AFR. Retrieved 29 July 2018.