David Edward Llewellyn AM (born 16 August 1942 in St Marys, Tasmania) is an Australian politician, who was a Labor Party member of the

Tasmanian House of Assembly The House of Assembly, or Lower House, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. The other is the Tasmanian Legislative Council, Legislative Council or Upper House. It sits in Parliament House, Hobart, Parliament Hou ...

from 1986 to 2010 and from 2014 to 2018.

Political career

Llewellyn was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly for the seat of

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at the 1986 state election which was won by the Liberal Party under Robin Gray. Labor formed a minority government with the support of the Green Independents under the

Labor–Green Accord The Labor–Green Accord was a 1989 political agreement between the Labor Party and the Tasmanian Greens (then called the Green Independents) to form government in the Australian state of Tasmania after the 1989 general election had resulted in ...

in 1989, and Llewellyn joined Michael Field's inaugural cabinet as Minister for Primary Industry and Forests. Llewellyn would hold the Primary Industries, Water and Energy portfolios on several other occasions, from 1998 to 2002 and 2006 to 2008. From 2002 to 2006, he was

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. On 13 May 2011, Llewellyn admitted to ABC Radio that the Labor and Liberal parties conspired in 1998 to reduce the number of MPs from 35 to 25 in an effort to eliminate the Greens. On 25 June 2012, Llewellyn was preselected to run as a Tasmanian Labor candidate in the 2014 state election, and was subsequently re-elected to the House of Assembly after losing his seat in 2010. He retired at the 2018 election.

Personal life

Llewellyn is married with two sons. He has an interest in

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, and fishing, and plays golf and

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Community service

Llewellyn is Chairman of Derwent Valley Council's Willow Court Conservation Special Committee helping to restore the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Llewellyn, David 1942 births Living people Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly Deputy premiers of Tasmania Attorneys-general of Tasmania Members of the Order of Australia Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Tasmania 21st-century Australian politicians