Rene Hidding

The Honourable
Marinus "Rene" Hidding
MP
Minister for Police and Emergency Management
Minister for Infrastructure
Assumed office
31 March 2014
Premier Will Hodgman
Preceded by David O'Byrne
Leader of the Opposition in Tasmania
Elections: 2006
In office
6 August 2002 – 30 March 2006
Preceded by Bob Cheek
Succeeded by Will Hodgman
Member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly
for Lyons
Assumed office
24 February 1996
Personal details
Born Marinus Theodoor Hidding
(1953-02-05) 5 February 1953
Netherlands
Political party Liberal Party of Australia
Occupation Politician

Marinus Theodoor "Rene" Hidding (born 5 February 1953) is an Australian politician. He is currently a Liberal Party member for the Division of Lyons in the Tasmanian House of Assembly. From 2002 until 2006 he was also leader of the Liberal Party and Leader of the Opposition in Tasmania.

Hidding immigrated to Tasmania from the Netherlands in his youth. He was educated in Launceston at Riverside High School and Launceston Matriculation College where he gained an Associate Diploma Business (Real Estate).[1] He was a self-employed businessman (his companies included Hidding Trading Pty Ltd, Hiddings Mitre 10, Hiddings Building Services, Span Truss Systems and Hiddings Joinery) before entering politics, when he sold his business to Gunns Limited. He was an Alderman on the Launceston City Council from 1985 to 1992. He was an unsuccessful Liberal candidate for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Franklin in 1993.

In 1996 Hidding was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly for the multi-member seat of Lyons. Between 1996 and 1998 Hidding held junior positions in the government of Tony Rundle, including Secretary to Cabinet, Deputy Chairman of Committees and a member of the Cabinet Budget Committee.

After the Liberals lost office, Hidding was elected to the Opposition front bench as Deputy Opposition Leader in 1999 and in August 2002 he was elected Leader of the Opposition. He is also Shadow Minister for Tourism, Parks and Heritage and Shadow Minister for Resources and Energy.

At the 18 March 2006 state election, Hidding failed to defeat the incumbent Australian Labor Party government led by Paul Lennon. Despite an increase in the Liberal Party's primary vote, the Opposition failed to make any gains in terms of seats. Hidding declined on election night to speculate on whether he would continue as Opposition Leader. Twelve days later, on 30 March, the day that final election results were known, Will Hodgman was unanimously elected by the party as their new leader.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Rene Hidding MP". Parliament of Tasmania. 12 June 2007. Retrieved 2009-01-13.
  2. ↑ http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200603/s1604983.htm

Further reading

Political offices
Preceded by
Bob Cheek		 Opposition Leader of Tasmania
2002–2006 		Succeeded by
Will Hodgman
Preceded by
David O'Byrne		 Minister for Police and Emergency Management
2014–present 		Incumbent
Minister for Infrastructure
2014–present
Party political offices
Preceded by
Bob Cheek		 Leader of the Liberal Party in Tasmania
2002–2006 		Succeeded by
Will Hodgman
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