Tim Hammond (politician)

This article is about the Australian politician. For the American human rights activist, see Tim Hammond.

Tim Hammond MP

Member of the Australian Parliament for Perth
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 July 2016 (2016-07-02)
Preceded by	Alannah MacTiernan
Personal details
Political party	Australian Labor Party

Timothy Jerome "Tim" Hammond is an Australian politician. He is the member for Perth in the Australian House of Representatives. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party and succeeded the previous member, Alannah MacTiernan, at the 2016 federal election.^[1]

He was initially awarded the portfolios of Shadow Assistant Minister for Resources, Innovation, Western Australia, The Digital Economy and Start Ups in the Labor Shadow Ministry. In September 2016 he was promoted to the full ministry as Shadow Minister for Consumer Affairs and Shadow Minister Assisting for Resources.

Hammond was a barrister before entering politics. He previously ran unsuccessfully for parliament as the Labor candidate for Swan in 2010.^[1]

References

1 2 "Perth - Australia Votes". Election 2016. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 7 July 2016.

Parliament of Australia
Preceded by Alannah MacTiernan	Member for Perth 2016–present	Incumbent

Current members of the Australian House of Representatives from Western Australia

Labor (5)	Anne Aly Tim Hammond Matt Keogh Madeleine King Josh Wilson

Liberal (11)	Julie Bishop Ian Goodenough Andrew Hastie Steve Irons Michael Keenan Nola Marino Ben Morton Christian Porter Melissa Price Rick Wilson Ken Wyatt

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