Peter Curtis Leigh Hodgman (born 25 May 1946) is a former

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n politician. He is the son of

Bill Hodgman William Clark Hodgman (14 May 1909 – 3 May 1997) was a Tasmanian politician. He served as a Member of the House of Assembly for Denison from 1955 to 1964 and a Member of the Legislative Council from 1971 to 1983. He was President of the Ta ...

, the brother of

Michael Hodgman William Michael Hodgman AM QC (16 November 193819 June 2013) was an Australian politician and lawyer. He was a member of the Liberal Party and served as Minister for the Capital Territory in the Fraser Government from 1980 to 1983. He was ac ...

and the uncle of former Tasmanian Premier

Will Hodgman William Edward Felix Hodgman (born 20 April 1969) is an Australian diplomat and former politician who has been the High Commissioner of Australia to Singapore since February 2021. He was the 45th Premier of Tasmania and a member for the Division ...

. Hodgman first entered politics in 1974, when he was elected to the

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as the member for Huon. Like most MLCs, he was elected as an

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. In 1986 he resigned his seat to contest the

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seat of

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as a

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, successfully. From February to December 1991, he served as Deputy Leader of the Opposition. His nephew, Will, occupied the same position between 2002 and 2006. Peter Hodgman resigned his seat on 8 October 2001 to contest the federal seat of

at the 2001 federal election, but he was defeated by sitting

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Harry Quick Harry Vernon Quick (born 28 June 1941, Melbourne), is an Australian politician. He was a member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1993 until 2007, representing the electorate of Franklin. He sat as an Australian Labor Party repres ...

. Hodgman had earlier been approached in 1992 by then Federal Liberal Leader

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to run in Franklin at the 1993 election but Hodgman declined. It was at the 1993 election that Quick first won the seat. In December 2013 it was announced he would be contesting the seat of Huon in the Tasmanian Legislative Council as an endorsed Liberal, but he was defeated by Robert Armstrong, an

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