Tony Mulder

{{short description|Australian politician (born 1955)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2016}} {{Infobox officeholder | name =Tony Mulder | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|APM}} | caption = | order = | office1 = Member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council for Rumney | term_start1 = 7 May 2011 | term_end1 = 6 May 2017 | predecessor1 = Lin Thorp | successor1 = Sarah Lovell | birth_name = Teunis Mulder | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1955|05|09}} | birth_place = Rotterdam, Netherlands<ref name="speech">[http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/LC/ISTonyMulder.htm Inaugural speech: Hon. Tony Mulder MLC] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321193138/http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/LC/ISTonyMulder.htm |date=21 March 2012 }}, Parliament of Tasmania, 21 June 2011.</ref> | occupation = Police officer | party = Independent | other_party = Liberal }}

'''Teunis '''"'''Tony'''"''' Mulder''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|APM}} (born 9 May 1955) is an Australian politician and perennial candidate. He was an independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council, representing the electoral division of Rumney from 2011 to 2017.<ref>[http://www.electoral.tas.gov.au/pages/Media/PDF/LC/2011MondayResults.pdf Media Release — 2011 Legislative Council Elections – Update Monday 9 May] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308201527/http://www.electoral.tas.gov.au/pages/Media/PDF/LC/2011MondayResults.pdf |date=8 March 2016 }}, Tasmanian Electoral Commission, 9 May 2011.</ref> Mulder is currently serving as a councillor on the Clarence City Council since 2018, having previously served as an alderman from 2005 to 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Councillors |url=https://www.ccc.tas.gov.au/your-council/how-council-works/councillors/ |website=ccc.tas.gov.au}}</ref>

He was born in Rotterdam in 1955, and his family emigrated to Australia in 1957. He studied political science at the University of Tasmania.<ref name="speech" />

Mulder is a former police officer, and was a Commander in the Tasmania Police. He was director of the State Security Unit, the Tasmanian Police counter-terrorism taskforce.<ref>[http://www.police.tas.gov.au/uploads/file/Corporate%20Documents/Annual%20Report/DPEM%20Annual%20Report%202008-09.pdf Annual Report 2008–09] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110422083136/http://www.police.tas.gov.au/uploads/file/Corporate%20Documents/Annual%20Report/DPEM%20Annual%20Report%202008-09.pdf |date=22 April 2011 }}, Tasmania Police.</ref>

Although running as an independent candidate, Mulder openly retains links to the Liberal Party,<ref>Neales, Sue: [http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2011/05/06/227935_opinion.html Dramatic tension mounting], ''The Mercury'', 6 May 2011.</ref> for whom he ran as a candidate for Franklin in the 2010 state election.<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/elections/tas/2010/guide/fran.htm 2010 Tasmanian Election – Franklin], ABC News, 2010.</ref> Before the 2010 election, the Labor Party lodged a complaint that Mulder may have breached the Electoral Act when he appeared in a television advertisement wearing a police uniform, giving the impression that he was still a serving police officer. He was cleared of breaching the Electoral Act by the Tasmanian Electoral Commission.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120716113117/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/11/2843528.htm?site=hobart Mulder cleared by Electoral Commission], 936 ABC Hobart, 11 March 2010.</ref>

Mulder was defeated by Labor candidate Sarah Lovell at the 2017 election for Rumney.<ref name="lovell">{{cite news|title=Labor wins seat of Rumney in Tasmania's Upper House elections|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-07/labor-wins-seat-of-rumney-in-tasmanias-upper-house-elections/8504850|accessdate=8 May 2017|work=ABC News|date=7 May 2017|language=en-AU}}</ref> He unsuccessfully contested the new seat of Prosser at the 2018 periodic election,<ref name="prosser">{{cite news|title=Prosser poll candidates a 'blast from the past'|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-26/upper-house-election-preview/9700142|accessdate=7 May 2018|work=ABC News|date=26 April 2018|language=en-AU}}</ref> the lower house seat of Franklin at the 2024 state election,<ref name="election2024">{{cite news |title=Mulder confirms independent run in Franklin |url=https://www.themercury.com.au/news/tasmania/tony-mulder-is-running-in-the-state-election-for-the-seat-of-franklin/news-story/ac610e670d8e37d73a0015d36381ce6d |access-date=4 April 2024 |work=The Mercury}}</ref> and the legislative council seat of Pembroke in the 2025 periodic election.

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110425015903/http://www.tonymulder.com/ TonyMulder.com official website]

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