Lindsay Tanner

Quick Facts

Full Name	Lindsay Tanner
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Apr 24, 1956(1956-04-24)
Age	68
Country	Australia
Birth City	Orbost
Horoscope	Aries

Lindsay Tanner Biography

Lindsay Tanner is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on April 24, 1956 in Orbost, Australia. Lindsay James Tanner, born 24 April 1956, is an Australian former member of the House of Representatives. He represents the Division of Melbourne in Victoria for the Australian Labor Party. The seat was first won at the 1993 federal election. From 3 December 2007, he was the Minister for Finance and Deregulation in the Australian Government. He announced on 24 June 2010 that he would not contest the 2010 federal elections. The Greens won his seat. He is the author of several books and a frequent commentator on Australian culture, the role and direction of the Labor Party.

John Howard’s Liberal Party won the March 1996 elections. Keating then retired from politics. After a major reshuffle led by Kim Beazley, Tanner was promoted to the Shadow Ministry and appointed Shadow Minister for Transport. Despite many leadership changes, Tanner remained in the Shadow Ministry until the election to the Rudd Labor government of November 2007.

Tanner has been a prominent member of Labor’s left faction and it was thought that he might contest the Labor leadership in 2002, when former leader Kim Beazley first challenged Simon Crean. In the second leadership spill in December 2003, Tanner supported Beazley, who lost the party-room ballot to Mark Latham. The following month, Latham appointed Tanner to the new portfolio of Community Relationships, in addition to his existing responsibilities.

After the October 2004 federal election, Tanner was thought to be a candidate for the position of Shadow Treasurer, which had been vacated by Simon Crean. However, once it became clear that Latham did not intend to offer him this position, Tanner announced that he would not stand for a position in the new shadow ministry. He subsequently released a brief statement, stating that he had “no complaint about how Mark Latham has dealt with [him] personally”, but adding that he had “serious reservations about the emerging Labor response to our latest election defeat.” In June 2005, Tanner was re-elected to the Opposition frontbench and was appointed Shadow Minister for Finance.

Tanner was elected to the Australian House of Representatives in March 1993 as the Division of Melbourne representative. He also served as a backbencher for one term during Paul Keating’s final term as Prime Minster.

Lindsay Tanner Net Worth

Lindsay Tanner is one of the richest Politician from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Lindsay Tanner 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Lindsay Tanner was born at Orbost, East Gippsland. After studying at the local primary school, he was awarded a scholarship to Gippsland Grammar School. He graduated as a dux in 1973. He graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1973 with a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Arts. Later, he received a Master of Arts and History degrees in 1981. He co-wrote a book about environmental politics while still at university and was a casual layout and designer artist. He was editor of Farrago, and a member of the Melbourne University Law Review.

Tanner started his career in Melbourne as an articled clerk and solicitor with Holding Redlich Lawyers. He was appointed as an electorate assistant for Labor senator Barney Cooney in 1985. From 1987 to 1993, he was the Assistant State Secretary for Federated Clerks Union. He then became State Secretary between 1988 and 1993.

In 1998, Tanner was moved to the portfolios of Finance and Consumer Affairs. In 1999, he wrote a book entitled Open Australia, which explored how information technology could be used to enhance social justice and economic equality; and he also wrote a number of articles on targeted, “micro” ways of addressing globalisation and the decline of large-scale manufacturing, in which he suggested there was little substance to the notion put forward by neoclassical economists of a “simulated free market” in East Asian economies that explains their “emergence” (see 1997 Asian Financial Crisis). Following the 2001 election, he became Shadow Minister for Communications.

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Tanner was elected to the position of Chairman of the Essendon Football Club on 14 December 2015. Tanner is a long-standing supporter of the Bombers and was elected to the Board only 8 months earlier.

Facts & Trivia

Lindsay Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Lindsay Tanner celebrates birthday on April 24 of every year.

On 15 November 2017 it was announced that Tanner was to be appointed a Non- Executive Director of Suncorp Group, effective 1 January 2017.