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Tony Pasin
Australian politician
Antony "Tony" Pasin (born 1 October 1977) is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Liberal Party of Australia for the House of Representatives seat of Barker since the 2013 election.[1]
Tony Pasin | |
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| Member of the Australian Parliament for Barker | |
| Assumed office 7 September 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Patrick Secker |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1977-10-01) 1 October 1977 (age 46) Mount Gambier, South Australia |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Australia |
| Spouse | Fiona Lee |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Flinders University |
| Profession | Solicitor |
Pasin was born in Mount Gambier, South Australia. His parents were both born in Italy – his mother in San Bartolomeo in Galdo, Benevento, and his father in Fontanelle, Veneto.[2] Pasin has degrees in Law and Economics from Flinders University,[3] and previously served on the Mount Gambier City Council from 2003 to 2010.[4]
In 2012, Pasin defeated incumbent Patrick Secker, 164 votes to 78 votes,[5] for Liberal preselection in Barker, long the safest Liberal seat in South Australia. He breezed to victory at the 2013 election.
2016 election
A ReachTEL seat-level opinion poll in the safe Liberal seat of Barker of 869 voters conducted by robocall on 20 June during the 2016 election campaign surprisingly found Nick Xenophon Team candidate James Stacey leading Pasin 52–48 on the two-candidate vote. Seat-level opinion polls in the other two rural Liberal South Australian seats of Mayo and Grey revealed Nick Xenophon Team also leading in both.[6]
On election night, Stacey slashed Pasin's margin in Barker from a comfortably safe 16.5 points to just 4.7 points. This was the closest that the Coalition has come to losing Barker since 1943, though Barker remains a comfortably safe Liberal seat in a two-party matchup with Labor.
Pasin is a member of the National Right faction of the Liberal Party.[7][8]
Pasin supports the Essendon Bombers in the Australian Football League.[9]
- "Tony Pasin retains Barker seat for Liberals". ABC South East SA. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
- "Tony Pasin". 23 July 2013.
- "Tony Pasin". Liberal Party of Australia. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
- Massola, James (20 March 2021). "Who's who in the Liberals' left, right and centre factions?". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
- Massola, James. "How Morrison's shattering defeat gave Dutton a seismic shift in factional power". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
- Parliament of Australia biography
- Search or browse Hansard for Tony Pasin at OpenAustralia.org
| Parliament of Australia | ||
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| Preceded by | Member for Barker 2013–present |
Incumbent |