Robert Henry Armstrong (born 1 October 1952) is an Australian politician. He was elected to the

Tasmanian Legislative Council The Tasmanian Legislative Council is the upper house of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. It is one of the two Chambers of parliament, chambers of the Parliament, the other being the Tasmanian House of Assembly, House of Assembly. Both ho ...

on 3 May 2014 as the

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member for Huon, defeating high-profile Liberal opponent

Peter Hodgman Peter Curtis Leigh Hodgman (born 25 May 1946) is a former Australian politician. He is the son of Bill Hodgman, the brother of Michael Hodgman and the uncle of former Tasmanian Premier Will Hodgman. Hodgman first entered politics in 1974, when h ...

. Prior to his election he served as mayor of Huon Valley Council for 13 years. He was defeated in 2020 by

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candidate Bastian Seidel.

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