Matthew Guy is an Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n politician, and a member of the Victorian Legislative Council

Victorian Legislative Council

The Victorian Legislative Council, is the upper of the two houses of the Parliament of Victoria, Australia; the lower house being the Legislative Assembly. Both houses sit in Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne. The Legislative Council serves as a house of review, in a similar fashion to...

 for the Liberal Party. He is the current Minister for Planning in the state of Victoria.

Matthew Guy was the Liberal candidate for Yan Yean

Electoral district of Yan Yean

The Electoral district of Yan Yean is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is located on the fringes of Melbourne's northern suburbs and contains the towns of Hurstbridge, Plenty, Whittlesea and Yan Yean....

 in the 2002 Victorian State Election but was not elected. At the 2006 Victorian State Election he succeeded in becoming the first Liberal for the Northern Metropolitan Region in the Victorian Upper House after which he was soon appointed the then Shadow Minister for Planning.

Guy was re-elected at the 2010 Victorian State Election and was subsequently appointed as Planning Minister.

Prior to entering parliament Matthew Guy was a Ministerial advisor to former Liberal Premier Jeff Kennett

Jeff Kennett

Jeffrey Gibb Kennett AC , a former Australian politician, was the Premier of Victoria between 1992 and 1999. He is currently the President of Hawthorn Football Club. He is the founding Chairman of beyondblue, a national depression initiative.- Early life :Kennett was born in Melbourne on 2 March...

 and to the Assistant Federal Treasurer, Senator Rod Kemp

Rod Kemp

Charles Roderick "Rod" Kemp is an Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the Australian Senate from 1990 to 2008, representing the state of Victoria....

. He was also the Chief of Staff to Dr Denis Napthine

Denis Napthine

Denis Vincent Napthine is an Australian politician for the Liberal Party in the state of Victoria. He is a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, representing the electoral district of South-West Coast.- Early life :...

 during his period as Opposition Leader.

He has also worked for the Victorian Farmers Federation and for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission

Australian Securities and Investments Commission

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 and is a member of the St Kilda Saints the South Sydney Rabbitohs

South Sydney Rabbitohs

The South Sydney Rabbitohs are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in Redfern, a suburb of South-central Sydney, New South Wales. They participate in the National Rugby League premiership and are one of nine existing teams from the state capital...

, Radio 3RRR and the National Trust of Victoria.

Matthew Guy is married with two children.