Matthew Guy

Matthew Guy
Guy in 2015
Leader of the Opposition in Victoria
Elections: 2018, 2022
In office
7 September 2021 – 8 December 2022
PremierDaniel Andrews
DeputyPeter Walsh
Preceded byMichael O'Brien
Succeeded byJohn Pesutto
In office
4 December 2014 – 6 December 2018
DeputyPeter Walsh
Preceded byDaniel Andrews
Succeeded byMichael O'Brien
Leader of the Liberal Party in Victoria
In office
7 September 2021 – 8 December 2022
DeputyDavid Southwick
Preceded byMichael O'Brien
Succeeded byJohn Pesutto
In office
4 December 2014 – 6 December 2018
DeputyDavid Hodgett
Preceded byDenis Napthine
Succeeded byMichael O'Brien
Minister for Planning
In office
2 December 2010 – 4 December 2014
PremierTed Baillieu
Denis Napthine
Preceded byJustin Madden
Succeeded byRichard Wynne
Minister for Multicultural Affairs and Citizenship
In office
17 March 2014 – 4 December 2014
PremierDenis Napthine
Preceded byNicholas Kotsiras
Succeeded byRobin Scott
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
for Bulleen
Assumed office
29 November 2014
Preceded byNicholas Kotsiras
Member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Northern Metropolitan
In office
25 November 2006 – 28 November 2014
Succeeded byFiona Patten
Personal details
Born (1974-03-06) 6 March 1974 (age 50)
Greensborough, Victoria
Political partyLiberal
SpouseRenae Guy[1]
EducationLa Trobe University (BA)

Matthew Jason Guy (born 6 March 1974) is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal Party member of the Parliament of Victoria since 2006, representing the Northern Metropolitan Region in the Legislative Council (2006–2014) and Bulleen in the Legislative Assembly (2014–present). He was Leader of the Opposition in Victoria and state leader of the Liberal Party from 2014 to 2018, when he resigned the leadership after the Liberal Party's landslide defeat in the 2018 Victorian election. From 7 September 2021, Guy again served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Liberal Party in Victoria, but he again resigned after another heavy defeat in the 2022 state election.

  1. ^ "Being MRS Guy: Meet the Opposition Leader's other half". Archived from the original on 3 February 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2018.