Nic Street Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Nic Street
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Assembly:Tasmanian House of
Constituency Am:Franklin
Term Start:6 February 2020
Predecessor:Will Hodgman
Term Start1:3 March 2016
Term End1:3 March 2018
Predecessor1:Paul Harriss
Birthname:Nicholas Adam Street
Birth Place:Tasmania, Australia
Nationality:Australian
Party:Liberal Party
Alma Mater:University of Tasmania
Occupation:Supermarket operator

Nicholas Adam Street (born 1979) is an Australian politician. He was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly in a countback conducted on 1 March 2016, to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Paul Harriss, and served until his defeat at the 2018 state election. He was then re-elected on 6 February 2020, filling a vacancy caused by the resignation of Will Hodgman.

Street graduated from the University of Tasmania in 2001 with a Bachelor of Commerce degree, and then operated his family's business, an IGA supermarket in Blackmans Bay. In November 2011, he was elected to Kingborough Council.[1]

In February 2015 and again in February 2016, Street apologised for a post on Twitter made in November 2014 in which he called a fellow passenger on a flight from Hobart to Melbourne a "bitch" for reclining her seat, and included a hashtag "#shouldhavegotasmacktothehead". Street had deleted the tweet after a complaint from a Kingborough ratepayer, and undertook to work hard for the people of Franklin to demonstrate he was "better than one regrettable tweet".[2]

Street contested the Legislative Council seat of Nelson for the Liberals at the 2019 periodic election. He received the highest number of first-preference votes (23.7 per cent), but was defeated on preferences by third-placed independent candidate Meg Webb.[3] On 6 February 2020, Street was re-elected to Franklin in a countback to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Will Hodgman.[4]

Street was appointed Minister for Sport and Recreation, Minister for Heritage, Minister for Science and Technology and Minister for Community Services and Development in February 2022.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.abc.net.au/news/tas-election-2014/guide/fran/ Candidates – Franklin 2014
  2. News: Smith. Matt. Push to stop Nic Street becoming MP. 2 March 2016. The Mercury. 20 February 2016.
  3. News: Humphries . Alex . Upper House victor plans to pass a 'women's lens' over Tasmanian legislation . 15 May 2019 . ABC News . 14 May 2019 . en-AU.
  4. Web site: Franklin Recount – Completed . Tasmanian Electoral Commission . 6 February 2020.
  5. Web site: Tasmanian premier reveals cabinet shuffle. 7News. 17 February 2022.