Tim Wilson (Australian politician)

Tim Wilson
Wilson in 2015
Assistant Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction
In office
8 October 2021 – 21 May 2022
Prime MinisterScott Morrison
MinisterAngus Taylor
Preceded byPosition created
Succeeded byJenny McAllister (as Assistant Minister for Climate Change and Energy)
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Goldstein
In office
2 July 2016 – 21 May 2022
Preceded byAndrew Robb
Succeeded byZoe Daniel
Personal details
Born
Timothy Robert Wilson

(1980-03-12) 12 March 1980 (age 44)
Prahran, Victoria, Australia
Political partyLiberal
Spouse
Ryan Bolger
(m. 2018)
Alma materMonash University
Murdoch University
Websitewww.timwilsonmp.com.au

Timothy Robert Wilson (born 12 March 1980) is an Australian former politician and a member of the Liberal Party of Australia who served as the Federal Member for Goldstein in the Australian House of Representatives from 2016 to 2022. Wilson served as the Chair of the Standing Committee on Economics from 2018 to 2021 and as the Assistant Minister to the Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction from 2021 to 2022.[1] In the 2022 Australian federal election, Wilson lost his seat to independent candidate Zoe Daniel.[2]

Before entering politics, Wilson was a policy director at the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) from 2007 to 2013 and Australia's Human Rights Commissioner from 2014 to 2016.

  1. ^ "Goldstein – Australia Votes". Election 2016. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  2. ^ Millar, Royce and Dexter, Rachael (21 May 2022). "Tim Wilson loses Goldstein to the teal wave as Zoe Daniel goes to Canberra". The Age. Retrieved 23 May 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)