Mark Shelton | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
Order: | 33rd |
Office: | Speaker of the Tasmanian House of Assembly |
Term Start: | 22 June 2021 |
Term End: | 14 May 2024 |
Predecessor: | Sue Hickey |
Successor: | Michelle O'Byrne |
Term Start1: | 17 October 2017 |
Term End1: | 1 May 2018 |
Predecessor1: | Elise Archer |
Successor1: | Sue Hickey |
Office2: | Minister for Police, Fire and Emergency Management |
Term Start2: | 2 July 2019 |
Term End2: | 19 May 2021 |
Predecessor2: | Michael Ferguson |
Successor2: | Jacquie Petrusma |
Office3: | Minister for Local Government |
Term Start3: | 2 July 2019 |
Term End3: | 19 May 2021 |
Predecessor3: | Peter Gutwein |
Successor3: | Roger Jaensch |
Constituency Mp4: | Lyons |
Parliament4: | Tasmanian |
Term Start4: | 20 March 2010 |
Birth Date: | 1959 2, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Launceston, Tasmania |
Occupation: | Politician |
Party: | Liberal Party |
Mark David Shelton (born 20 February 1959) is an Australian politician who was the Speaker of the Tasmanian House of Assembly from June 2021 to May 2024, and previously served in the role from 2017 to 2018[1] He was previously the Minister for Police, Fire and Emergency Management and Minister for Local Government in the Hodgman and Gutwein Liberal Governments, and is a member for Lyons.[2]
Shelton was Mayor of Meander Valley from 2003. In 2010, he was endorsed as a Liberal candidate for Lyons at the state election of that year. He defeated Jane Howlett for the final Liberal seat.[3] He was re-elected in 2014, 2018 and 2021 with an increased primary vote each time.