Geoff Lyons

Geoffrey Raymond Lyons OAM (born 29 April 1953), an Australian former politician, was a member of the Australian House of Representatives for the seat of Bass in Tasmania, representing the Australian Labor Party.[1] He succeeded Labor MP Jodie Campbell, who retired from politics, at the 2010 federal election.

For other people named Geoffrey Lyons, see Geoffrey Lyons (disambiguation).

Geoff Lyons

OAM
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Bass
In office
21 August 2010 – 7 September 2013
Preceded byJodie Campbell
Succeeded byAndrew Nikolic
Personal details
Born (1953-04-29) 29 April 1953
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Political partyAustralian Labor Party

Background

Lyons previously worked in public health.[2] He was later head of office for Peter Patmore, the state Attorney-General, before contesting the state seat of Bass unsuccessfully at the 2002 state election. Prior to his election he had worked for both his predecessor Jodie Campbell and Senator Helen Polley.[3]

Lyons is married with three children.[4]

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gollark: ... amazingly, people are *not always available to hear your every request*!
gollark: Fine...
gollark: Wait, string.dump could work, I guess.
gollark: I originally tried `load` with an env table for the sandbox, but that failed horribly for some reason. Basically, while functions I explicitly redefined were fine, anything depending on them kept the old values somehow.

References
  1. "Bass". Virtual Tally Room. Australian Electoral Commission. 24 August 2010. Archived from the original on 23 August 2010. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
  2. "Labor People - Geoff Lyons". Australian Labor Party. 2010. Archived from the original on 21 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-24.
  3. Green, Antony (2010). "Bass". 2010 Federal Election. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
  4. Blewett, Danielle (8 January 2010). "Geoff Lyons may be Labor's man in Bass". The Examiner (Tasmania). Fairfax Media. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
Parliament of Australia
Preceded by
Jodie Campbell		 Member for Bass
2010–2013		 Succeeded by
Andrew Nikolic


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