Daniel Christopher Hulme (born 7 October 1979, Melbourne [1] ) is an Australian former politician. He was the member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly in the electorate of Franklin representing the Labor Party. He entered parliament on a recount in February 2009 after Paula Wriedt resigned due to ill health. He received 620 primary votes at the 2006 State Election, [2] finishing 11th in a field of 18., [3] but received 8,097 out of 10,660 or 78.0% of votes in the recount. [4] He was defeated in 2010.
Prior to entering Parliament, Hulme worked as an electorate officer for Premier Paul Lennon, then for Labor Senator Catryna Bilyk.[ citation needed ] He has also worked for the Australian Taxation Office and the Australian Computer Society.[ citation needed ]
Hulme graduated from the University of Tasmania with a Bachelor of Computing in 2000, a Bachelor of Computing with Honours in 2001 and a Master of Business Administration in 2008.[ citation needed ]
He was president of the University of Tasmania Student Association (Launceston campus) in 2002 and 2003.[ citation needed ]
Hulme spoke strongly in support of the Tasmanian forest industry and the Regional Forest Agreement at the Timber Communities Australia (TCA) state conference, 4 July 2009. In his speech, he strongly criticised Bob Brown, The Wilderness Society and the Greens. He said he recently became a TCA member. [5]
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