Brendan Blomeley | |
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Mayor of Clarence | |
Assumed office 27 October 2022 [1] | |
Preceded by | Doug Chipman |
Councillor of the City of Clarence | |
Assumed office October 2018 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Brendan Blomeley |
Nationality | Australian |
Political party | Liberal (since 1990/91) [2] |
Brendan Blomeley is an Australian politician who has served as mayor of the City of Clarence in Tasmania since 2022. He is a former member of the Liberal Party. [2]
Before running for office, Blomeley was chief of staff to Tasmanian Liberal senator David Bushby, the Chief Government Whip in the Senate.
In 2017, he was convicted and fined $2000 for using a carriage service to harass his inlaws, Julia Edwards and Ted Edwards. [3] The conviction was set aside in 2018, but Blomeley was required to enter into an 18-month good behaviour bond on each of the two counts. [4]
Blomeley contested the 2018 Tasmanian local government elections as an Independent Liberal. He had 3.10% of the vote and was the last candidate elected after preference distribution. [5]
In 2022, he announced his candidacy for mayor of Clarence, leading the " Better Clarence" ticket. [6] He was successful in a close race, elected with 50.81% of the vote against Tony Mulder after preference distribution. [7]
Blomeley was passed over for Liberal Party Senate preselection in 2023 because he did not disclose he had been charged with breaching an apprehended violence order (AVO) in 2017. [8]
At the 2024 Tasmanian state election, he considered contesting the division of Franklin as an independent candidate, although ultimately chose not to. [2]
Blomeley was at the Westfield shopping centre in Bondi Junction, Sydney, on 13 April 2024 when a man stabbed and killed multiple people. [9]
Brendan Blomeley | |
---|---|
Mayor of Clarence | |
Assumed office 27 October 2022 [1] | |
Preceded by | Doug Chipman |
Councillor of the City of Clarence | |
Assumed office October 2018 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Brendan Blomeley |
Nationality | Australian |
Political party | Liberal (since 1990/91) [2] |
Brendan Blomeley is an Australian politician who has served as mayor of the City of Clarence in Tasmania since 2022. He is a former member of the Liberal Party. [2]
Before running for office, Blomeley was chief of staff to Tasmanian Liberal senator David Bushby, the Chief Government Whip in the Senate.
In 2017, he was convicted and fined $2000 for using a carriage service to harass his inlaws, Julia Edwards and Ted Edwards. [3] The conviction was set aside in 2018, but Blomeley was required to enter into an 18-month good behaviour bond on each of the two counts. [4]
Blomeley contested the 2018 Tasmanian local government elections as an Independent Liberal. He had 3.10% of the vote and was the last candidate elected after preference distribution. [5]
In 2022, he announced his candidacy for mayor of Clarence, leading the " Better Clarence" ticket. [6] He was successful in a close race, elected with 50.81% of the vote against Tony Mulder after preference distribution. [7]
Blomeley was passed over for Liberal Party Senate preselection in 2023 because he did not disclose he had been charged with breaching an apprehended violence order (AVO) in 2017. [8]
At the 2024 Tasmanian state election, he considered contesting the division of Franklin as an independent candidate, although ultimately chose not to. [2]
Blomeley was at the Westfield shopping centre in Bondi Junction, Sydney, on 13 April 2024 when a man stabbed and killed multiple people. [9]