Paul O'Halloran | |
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Member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly for Braddon | |
In office 20 March 2010 –15 March 2014 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Ouse, Tasmania, Australia | 17 April 1950
Political party | Greens |
Paul Basil O'Halloran (born 17 April 1950[ citation needed ]) is an Australian former politician.
O'Halloran grew up on a dairy farm at Preolenna on the north west coast of Tasmania and later moved to North Motton. Early in life he was a Labor supporter, but his activism in the Franklin Dam dispute lead him to the Greens. Prior to politics, he was a schoolteacher and administrator and later a scientist at the University of Tasmania, where he managed a university agricultural industry project aimed at linking educator providers with industry. [1]
O'Halloran was a Greens candidate for several state elections before being elected to the Division of Braddon in the Tasmanian House of Assembly in 2010, [2] receiving 7.9% of first preference votes. [3] O'Halloran is the first Greens member for Braddon since Di Hollister lost her seat in 1998.
He was not re-elected at the 2014 House of Assembly elections. [4]