Tony Mulder
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Tony Mulder | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council for Rumney | |
| In office 7 May 2011 – 6 May 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Lin Thorp |
| Succeeded by | Sarah Lovell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Teunis Mulder 9 May 1955 |
| Party | Independent |
| Other political affiliations | Liberal |
| Occupation | Police officer |
Teunis "Tony" Mulder 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.[2] Mulder is currently serving as a councillor on the Clarence City Council since 2018, having previously served as an alderman from 2005 to 2011.[3]
He was born in Rotterdam in 1955, and his family emigrated to Australia in 1957. He studied political science at the University of Tasmania.[1]
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.[4]
Although running as an independent candidate, Mulder openly retains links to the Liberal Party,[5] for whom he ran as a candidate for Franklin in the 2010 state election.[6] 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.[7]
Mulder was defeated by Labor candidate Sarah Lovell at the 2017 election for Rumney.[8] He unsuccessfully contested the new seat of Prosser at the 2018 periodic election,[9] the lower house seat of Franklin at the 2024 state election,[10] and the legislative council seat of Pembroke in the 2025 periodic election.
