David Bartlett - Member for Denison
Premier
Minister for Education and Skills
Minister for Planning and Workplace Relations
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Ministerial Office: Level 11 15 Murray Street HOBART TAS 7000 Tel: 03 6233 8807 Fax: 03 6233 8013 Email: david.bartlett@education.tas.gov.au Electorate Office: 95 Main Road Moonah, TAS, 7010 Tel: (03) 6233 2530 Email: david.bartlett@education.tas.gov.au Web: http://www.davidbartlett.com.au |
Elected for the first time in April 2004, David Bartlett MP is the Labor member for Denison in the Tasmanian State Parliament. Following his re-election in March 2006, he was appointed to the position of Minister for Education. In April 2008 he was appointed Deputy Premier and in May 2008 following the resignation of Paul Lennon he was appointed Premier.
Previous Career
Prior to entering the Parliament David had an extensive career in the information technology industry and the public sector. Most recently David served as Senior Private Secretary to the former Tasmanian Treasurer, Hon Dr. David Crean.
David has also held positions Manager of the Tasmanian Innovation Centre, Tasmanian Member of the Commonwealth-State Science, Technology & Innovation Advisory Council, General Manager Innovation, Science & Technology (State Development) and National Manager - Standard Operating Environment (Telstra).
Community & Parliamentary Work
David is Patron of the St. Johns Park Bowls Club, Patron at the North Hobart Cricket Club, Patron of the Moonah Navy Club and Patron of Quit Tasmania.
Amongst others, David is a member of the Working Women's Centre, New Town Eagle Soccer Club, Moonah Promotions, Glenorchy and Moonah Business Association, Tasmanian Council of Social Services (TasCOSS) and a Director of the Moonah Rotary Club.
Personal
David was born in Hobart in 1968 and grew up in Moonah and Mt. Nelson. He was educated at Mt. Nelson Primary, Taroona High and Hobart College when it first moved from Letitia Street to the current Mt. Nelson campus.
Following this he completed both a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and a Graduate Diploma of Business in Professional Management at the University of Tasmania.
David is married to Larissa and they have two children - a son, Hudson and a daughter, Matilda.
Denison was named after Sir William Thomas Denison (1804-1871),
Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania (1847-1855) and Governor of New South
Wales (1855-1861), before moving to India in 1861.
Denison covers an area of approximately 221 sq km from Austins Ferry in
the north to Taroona in the south, from Hobart in the east to
Collinsvale in the west. The City of Hobart and environs and the City
of Glenorchy are in this division.
Products and industries of the area cover banking and retail, chocolate
and confectionery, catamaran construction, beers, fruit juices, zinc,
steel mesh and rods, hand tools, food and timber processing, heavy
transport, wholesale trade, engineering works, glass products and port
facilities at Hobart.