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Agency:
Hon. Michael Polley Mp
Agency Number:
Start Date:
04 Nov 1949
Description:
Michael Robert Polley was born in Westbury. He was first elected in 1972 for the Australian Labor Party as a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly in the Division of Lyons.;;;;He was the youngest Cabinet Minister in Tasmanian history, appointed at the age of 27 in the government of premier Doug Lowe.;; ;;In 1989 during the Field government he was made the speaker of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. He became speaker again in 1998 when Labor won government. He was minister for Welfare, Land, Mines, National Parks and Wildlife from 1976 to 1980.;;;;Polley announced in June 2013 that he would retire at the next Tasmanian state election.
Information Sources:
Parliament of Tasmania website 2014
Functions Performed:
Government and politics