Geoff Lyons

{{Short description|Australian politician (born 1953)}} {{Other people|Geoffrey Lyons}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Use Australian English|date=January 2016}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Geoff Lyons | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100|OAM}} | image = | constituency_MP = Bass | parliament = Australian | term_start1 = 21 August 2010 | term_end1 = 7 September 2013 | predecessor1 = Jodie Campbell | successor1 = Andrew Nikolic | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|4|29|df=y}} | birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | party = Australian Labor Party | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}

'''Geoffrey Raymond Lyons''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|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.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://vtr.aec.gov.au/HouseDivisionFirstPrefs-15508-192.htm |title = Bass |publisher = Australian Electoral Commission |work = Virtual Tally Room |date = 2010-08-24 |accessdate = 2010-08-24 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100823164213/http://vtr.aec.gov.au/HouseDivisionFirstPrefs-15508-192.htm |archive-date = 23 August 2010 |url-status = dead }}</ref> He succeeded Labor MP Jodie Campbell, who retired from politics, at the 2010 federal election.

==Background== Lyons previously worked in public health.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alp.org.au/federal-government/labor-people/geoff-lyons/ |title=Labor People – Geoff Lyons |publisher=Australian Labor Party |year=2010 |accessdate=2010-08-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100821001358/http://www.alp.org.au/federal-government/labor-people/geoff-lyons/ |archivedate=21 August 2010 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/elections/federal/2010/guide/bass.htm|first=Antony|last=Green|authorlink=Antony Green|title=Bass|work=2010 Federal Election|year=2010|accessdate=2010-08-24}}</ref>

Lyons is married with three children.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.examiner.com.au/news/local/news/politics/geoff-lyons-may-be-labor39s-man-in-bass/1720412.aspx?storypage=2|title=Geoff Lyons may be Labor's man in Bass|last=Blewett|first=Danielle|date=8 January 2010|work=The Examiner (Tasmania)|publisher=Fairfax Media|accessdate=4 September 2010}}</ref>

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==External links== *[http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22handbook%2Fallmps%2FM38%22 Biography for LYONS, Geoffrey (Geoff) Raymond] (Parliament of Australia) *[https://web.archive.org/web/20130508041435/http://www.geofflyons.com.au/ Official Website for Geoff Lyons]

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lyons, Geoff}} Category:1953 births Category:Living people Category:Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Australia Category:Members of the Australian House of Representatives Category:Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Bass Category:Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia Category:Australian MPs 2010–2013