Craig Farrell (politician)
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Craig Maxwell Farrell is an Australian politician, and a member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council
representing the seat of Derwent
for the Australian Labor Party
.
Farrell was elected to the Legislative Council in a by-election on 7 May 2011 following the resignation of Michael Aird
in 2010. He also serves as a councillor and Deputy Mayor of Derwent Valley Council, and was an electoral officer in the New Norfolk office of federal MP Dick Adams. He is President of the Derwent Valley Railway Preservation Society.
In the 1980s, Farrell hosted The Cartoon Company, a Saturday morning cartoon
programming block on TasTV, with a costumed character called "Boss Poss". From the 1990s he was variously a television sales executive and real estate representative.
Tasmanian Legislative Council
The Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. The other is the House of Assembly. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Hobart...
representing the seat of Derwent
Electoral division of Derwent
The Electoral division of Derwent is one of the fifteen electorates or 'seats' in the Tasmanian Legislative Council. It is situated in the south of the state and is named after the Derwent River.The last boundary redistribution occurred in 2008...
for the Australian Labor Party
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...
.
Farrell was elected to the Legislative Council in a by-election on 7 May 2011 following the resignation of Michael Aird
Michael Aird
Michael Anthony Aird is a former Tasmanian politician. He was an ALP member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council in the Division of Derwent since 1995. From 2006 to 2010, he was the treasurer of Tasmania, one of few legislative councillors in history to have held a ministerial portfolio...
in 2010. He also serves as a councillor and Deputy Mayor of Derwent Valley Council, and was an electoral officer in the New Norfolk office of federal MP Dick Adams. He is President of the Derwent Valley Railway Preservation Society.
In the 1980s, Farrell hosted The Cartoon Company, a Saturday morning cartoon
Saturday morning cartoon
A Saturday morning cartoon is the colloquial term for the animated television programming that has typically been scheduled on Saturday mornings on the major American television networks from the 1960s to the present; the genre's peak in popularity mostly ended in the 1990s while the popularity of...
programming block on TasTV, with a costumed character called "Boss Poss". From the 1990s he was variously a television sales executive and real estate representative.