Matthew Bach

Matt Bach
Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party in the Victorian Legislative Council
In office
8 December 2022 – 31 August 2023
LeaderGeorgie Crozier
Preceded byGeorgie Crozier
Succeeded byEvan Mulholland
Member of the Victorian Legislative Council for North-Eastern Metropolitan
In office
5 March 2020 – 7 December 2023
Preceded byMary Wooldridge
Succeeded byRichard Welch
Personal details
Born (1983-03-31) 31 March 1983 (age 41)
Melbourne, Australia
Political partyLiberal Party
OccupationPolitician, Teacher, Historian
Websitehttps://www.matthewbach.com.au/

Matthew Donald Andrew Bach (born 31 March 1983)[1] is an Australian teacher, historian, and former politician. He served as a Liberal Member of the Victorian Parliament from 2020 to 2023, representing the North-Eastern Metropolitan Region in the Legislative Council. Bach also served as Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council, and as a frontbencher in the Shadow Cabinets of Michael O'Brien, Matthew Guy, and John Pesutto.

In 2023, Bach retired from politics to resume his teaching career in the United Kingdom, where he will be teaching at Brighton College. [2]

  1. ^ Dr Bach (Eastern Metropolitan) (18 March 2020). "Members Dr Bach Inaugural speech" (PDF). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Victoria: Victorian Government Printer. p. 1154-1157. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 December 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  2. ^ December 09; 2023 - 9:11am (8 December 2023). Victorian Liberal MP Matt Bach quits parliament to become teacher in UK. Retrieved 10 April 2024 – via www.skynews.com.au.{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)