Meredith Hunter

Quick Facts

Full Name	Meredith Hunter
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Jul 22, 1962(1962-07-22)
Age	62
Birthplace	Canberra
Country	Australia
Horoscope	Cancer

Meredith Hunter Biography

Meredith Hunter is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on July 22, 1962 in Canberra, Australia. Meredith Hunter, an Australian politician, was born 22 July 1962. She is a former member the multi-member unicameral Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly. She represented the Ginninderra electorate for the ACT Greens between 2008 and 2012. She served as the Parliamentary Convenor for the ACT Greens.

Hunter was a well-known figure in the community sector before her election. Hunter began her career in Canberra as a youth worker and became a prominent advocate for youth affairs. Over ten years, she was the Director of the Youth Coalition of the ACT. She also held executive positions at a variety of national peak bodies including the Australian Youth Affairs Coalition (National Shelter) and the Australian Youth Affairs Coalition. Hunter was also a prominent spokesperson for community sector viability, social welfare issues, and served on the Board of ACT Council of Social Service as well as being Chairwoman of ACT Shelter. Hunter was also appointed Chair of Anti- Poverty Week and Youth Homelessness Strategy. The Youth Coalition awarded Hunter a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008 for her contributions to children and youth.

The ACT Greens announced in June 2008 that Hunter would stand again for election, this time in Ginninderra. In October, independent polling showed that the Green vote had increased by as much as three times since the last election. The Liberal vote remained relatively stable. Commentators predicted that the Greens would control the balance of power and determine who forms government. Both major parties were open to the Greens’ offer of courtship. With 82.1 percent of the votes counted at the close of election night, Labor had received 37.6% of the vote in the ACT. The Liberals were at 31.1 % and the Greens at 15.8 % respectively. Both Labor (-9.3%%) and Liberal (-3.7%) parties saw swings, with a +6.6% swing towards the Greens. This led to the election of Hunter Bresnan and Shane Rattenbury, as well as Caroline Le Couteur.

Meredith Hunter Net Worth

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

Hunter ran first for election in 2004 for Ginninderra’s electorate. She was a member of the ACT Greens. In primary votes, she was significantly ahead of Wayne Berry and Mary Porter from the ACT Labor Party. However, they were able to defeat Hunter after the distributions of preferences. In the 2007 federal election, she ran for election as a candidate to the House of Representatives. She represented Fraser’s electorate for the Australian Greens. Hunter was able to swing 2.1% in favor of the Greens but lost to Bob McMullan, a Labor member. Hunter’s candidature for the House of Representatives came as part of a large campaign in the ACT to elect Kerrie Truck and end the coalition control of Australia’s Senate. Territory Senators will take their place in this election as opposed to their state counterparts the next July. The ACT has two seats that are only for three years, so a higher quota is needed to be elected. The party came in a narrow defeat despite a swing of 5.1 per cent to the Greens at 21.5 percent. This was their best result in any territory or state.

After discussions with the Labor and Liberal parties, both the Greens and the Labor Party voted to support a Labor minority government. Hunter was a key negotiator in the Parliamentary Agreement between ACT Greens, Labor Party. The agreement provided the Greens with a range policy outcomes in areas such as schools and education, housing, transport, and gay rights. The agreement also guarantees that three key committees of the Assembly will be chaired by the Greens. The Greens also agreed to keep confidence in Jon Stanhope, Chief Minister. The Greens secured Government support to nominate Rattenbury Speaker of the Assembly. The agreement between ACT Labor and ACT Greens requires that the Government report annually on progress against the measures outlined within the agreement. In July 2008, the first communique was published on progress towards the agreement. The next communique was to be published in July 2010.

Prior to the negotiation of the agreement, Hunter was appointed Parliamentary Convenor of the ACT Greens, a role equivalent to that of a Parliamentary Party Leader, and was party spokesperson for the portfolios of Treasury, Community Services, Education, Women and Children and Young People. Hunter has been visible in the media on issues surrounding education and literacy and ACT finances. Hunter was supportive of the 2009-10 ACT Budget where it progressed measures outlined in the parliamentary agreement, but signaled the Greens’ concerns about the size of the budget deficit. Most commentators agreed that the Budget was a victory for the Greens. She has also been a vocal critic of the Federal Government’s intervention in the ACT’s same sex civil union reforms. Hunter was the Chair of the Climate Change, Water and Environment Committee and was a member of the Justice and Community Safety Committee. At the 2012 ACT Elections, Hunter narrowly lost the 5th seat in Ginninnderra to Yvette Berry of the Labor Party, after suffering an ACT wide swing of more than 6% from the Greens. Her party could only return one MP, which was Shane Rattenbury, who thereby naturally became her successor as the Leader of the Greens.

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Facts & Trivia

Meredith Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Meredith Hunter celebrates birthday on July 22 of every year.

What happened to Meredith Hunter?

(October 24, 1951 – December 6, 1969), was an audience member who was killed at the 1969 Altamont Free Concert. During the performance by the Rolling Stones, Hunter approached the stage, and was violently driven off by members of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club who had agreed to serve as security guards.

How many died at Altamont?

Altamont Speedway Free Festival 1969: In total, four people died at the Altamont Speedway Free Festival in Northern California on December 6, 1969. Meredith Hunter, an 18-year-old, was stabbed to death during a Rolling Stones set by a Hell’s Angels security guard.

How many died at the Rolling Stones concert?

Fifty-two years ago today, a Hells Angel, hired by the Rolling Stones to provide “security” at the band’s era-defining free festival in the East Bay, stabbed a Black concertgoer to death in front of Mick Jagger. Three other people also died that infamous night. Much has been written about December 6, 1969.

How many died Woodstock 1969?

8. There were three deaths at Woodstock, but no confirmed births. Three young men died while attending Woodstock, two from drug overdoses and another–just 17 years old—was run over by a tractor collecting debris while he was asleep in a sleeping bag.

Who killed Meredith Hunter at Altamont?

A black eighteen-year-old named Meredith Hunter was stabbed multiple times by Alan Passaro , one of the Hells Angels providing security, and died before the Stones had finished playing.