Brendan Smyth (politician)
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| Brendan Smyth MLA |
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| Member of the ACT Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 21 February 1998 Serving with Wood/Burch, Hargreaves/Gentleman, Kaine/Pratt/Doszpot/Seselja/Lawder, Osborne/MacDonald/Bresnan/Wall |
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| Constituency | Brindabella |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Canberra | |
| In office 25 March 1995 – 2 March 1996 |
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| Preceded by | Ros Kelly |
| Succeeded by | Bob McMullan |
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| Born | Brendan Michael Smyth 27 July 1959 Sydney, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Australia |
| Website | Profile at CanberraLiberals.org |
Brendan Michael Smyth (born 27 July 1959), an Australian politician, is a member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly representing the electorate of Brindabella for the Liberal Party since 1998. From 2002 to 2006 Smyth was the ACT Leader of the Opposition and served briefly as the Deputy Chief Minister during 2000 and 2001. He has held the ACT portfolios Urban Services, Business, Tourism and the Arts, and Police and Emergency Services.[1]
Prior to his election to the ACT Legislative Assembly served briefly as the Member for Canberra in the Australian House of Representatives, also representing the Liberals.[1]
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Career
Smyth was born in Sydney and moved to Canberra in May 1969. He worked at the National Library of Australia until 1995 when, representing the Liberal Party, he contested the 1995 by-election for the House of Representatives seat of Canberra. Normally a safe Labor seat, its previous member Ros Kelly had left under a cloud, having been forced to resign her ministry a year earlier over the sports rorts affair,[citation needed] and Smyth received a 16.1% swing to claim the seat.[2]
At the Australian federal election on 2 March 1996, Smyth contested the new federal House of Representatives seat of Namadgi, essentially the southern portion of his old seat, even though it had been drawn with a notional Labor majority of 10.9 percent. He was defeated by Labor's Annette Ellis.[3] [4] To date, he is the last non-Labor member to represent an ACT-based seat.
He subsequently shifted to territory politics, winning election to the Legislative Assembly in the 1998 election representing the Tuggeranong-based multimember electorate of Brindabella.[5] He was the Opposition Leader for the ACT Liberal Party in the 2005 ACT elections, but lost the election.[1]
See also
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| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by | Opposition Leader of the Australian Capital Territory 2002–2006 |
Succeeded by Bill Stefaniak |
| Preceded by | ACT Minister for Urban Services 1998–2001 |
Succeeded by Bill Wood |
| Preceded by | ACT Minister for Business, Tourism and the Arts 2000–2001 |
Succeeded by Ted Quinlan as Minister for Economic Development, Business and Tourism |
| Preceded by as Minister Assisting the Attorney-General | ACT Minister for Police and Emergency Services 2000–2001 |
Succeeded by Ted Quinlan as Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Corrections |
| Preceded by | Deputy Chief Minister 2000–2001 |
Succeeded by Ted Quinlan |
| Parliament of Australia | ||
| Preceded by | Member for Canberra 1995–1996 |
Succeeded by Bob McMullan |
| Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly | ||
| Preceded by | Member of the Legislative Assembly for Brindabella 1998 – present Served alongside: Wood/Burch, Hargreaves/Gentleman, Kaine/Pratt/Doszpot/Seselja/Lawder, Osborne/MacDonald/Bresnan/Wall |
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| Preceded by | Leader of the Australian Capital Territory Liberals 2002–2006 |
Succeeded by Bill Stefaniak |
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