Tom Venning

{{Short description|Australian politician}} {{Use Australian English|date=May 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Tom Venning | honorific_suffix = MP | image = | alt = | caption = Photo of Tom Venning smiling | constituency_MP = Grey | parliament = Australian | majority =  | term_start = {{start date|2025|05|03|df=y}} | term_end =  | predecessor = Rowan Ramsey | successor =  | prior_term = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date|31|2025|04|30 }}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/meet-the-ex-deloitte-consultant-who-has-driven-85-000km-to-win-a-seat-20250331-p5lntm |title=Meet the ex-Deloitte consultant who has driven 85,000km to win a seat |date=30 April 2025 |first=Simon |last=Evans |newspaper=Australian Financial Review |access-date=9 January 2026}}</ref> | birth_place = | death_date =  | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | citizenship = | party = Liberal Party of Australia | spouse = Bonnie Wauchope | partner =  | relations = | children = | parents =  | mother = Therese Venning | father = Max Venning | relatives = {{plainlist| *Ivan Venning (uncle) *Howard Venning (grandfather) }} | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | known_for = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | awards =  | website = {{URL|https://tomvenning.com.au}} | module = | module2 = | footnotes = }}

'''Thomas Venning''' is an Australian politician from the Liberal Party of Australia. He was elected a member of the Australian Parliament for the Division of Grey in the 2025 Australian federal election.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-23 |title=Grey Federal Election 2025 Results |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/federal/2025/guide/grey |access-date=2025-05-23 |website=www.abc.net.au |language=en-AU}}</ref> He succeeded Rowan Ramsey in the seat he had held since 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-19 |title=Liberal Candidate for Grey Selected |url=https://www.rowanramsey.com.au/liberal-candidate-for-grey-selected/ |access-date=2025-05-03 |website=Rowan Ramsey MP |language=en-AU}}</ref> Venning is a farmer and former corporate consultant, living in Melbourne during this time, moving back to Bute in 2024, where his family has farmed for several generations.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-17 |title=Tom Venning, nephew of former MP Ivan, announced as Liberal candidate for SA's largest federal seat |url=https://sapolicenews.com.au/2024/09/17/tom-venning-nephew-of-former-mp-ivan-announced-as-liberal-candidate-for-sas-largest-federal-seat/ |access-date=2025-05-03 |website=SA Police News, World Crime and Other News for South Australia |language=en-AU}}</ref>

== Personal life == His grandfather Howard Venning and uncle Ivan Venning were members of the South Australian House of Assembly.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McGlone |first=Tim |date=16 September 2024 |title=Ivan Venning's nephew Tom Venning announced as Liberal candidate for SA's largest federal seat |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-16/tom-venning-new-liberal-candidate-grey-federal-election-sa/104355850 |website=ABC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://tomvenning.com.au/ |title=Tom Venning – Liberal Candidate for Grey |publisher=South Australian Liberal Party |access-date=9 May 2025}}</ref>

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