Member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly for Denison
In office 3 March 2018 – 28 September 2018
Member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly for Clark
In office 28 September 2018 – 1 May 2021
Mayor of Glenorchy
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 June 2024
Deputy Mayor of Glenorchy
In office 27 October 2022 – 22 June 2024
Alderman of Glenorchy
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 July 2021
Personal details
Born
(1958-07-25) 25 July 1958 (age 65) Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Political party
Liberal (until March 2021) Independent (since March 2021)
Susanne Lynnette Hickey (born 25 July 1958) is an Australian politician. She represented the electorate of Denison (later re-named Clark) from the 2018 state election until her defeat at the 2021 election, sitting with the Liberal Party until March 2021, when she quit the party and became an independent. Hickey is currently Mayor of the City of Glenorchy.[1]
At the time of the election Hickey had been Speaker of the Tasmanian House of Assembly since May 2018, having unexpectedly won the Speaker position with the support of the opposition Labor and Greens parties over the Liberal government's nominee Rene Hidding.[2][3] She previously served as Lord Mayor of Hobart from 2014 until 2018.[4]
^"2024 Local government by-elections results". TEC. Tasmanian Electoral Commission. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
^Burgess, Georgie (1 May 2018). "New Speaker Sue Hickey distances herself from Liberal Party in dramatic first day of Parliament". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
^Coulter, Ellen; Dunlevie, James (4 May 2018). "Sue Hickey: A Tasmanian Liberal, but not as you know it". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
^Howard, Jessica (1 November 2014). "Sue Hickey's successful rise to Lord Mayor of Hobart". The Mercury (Hobart). Retrieved 1 November 2014.
original on 30 September 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2020. Hickey, Sue (25 August 2014). "SueHickey stands for Lord Mayor of Hobart". Tasmanian Times. Archived...
May 2018. Liberal party member SueHickey was elected to the Speakership with the support of Labor and the Greens. Hickey revealed she would vote independently...
to aggressive forms of cancer. In March 2021, Gutwein informed Speaker SueHickey that she would not be re-endorsed as a Liberal candidate. She subsequently...
Independent Rob Churchill 33.16 Glenorchy Steven King Independent Independent SueHickey 56.92 Independent gain Independent Jan Dunsby 43.08 Hobart Helen Burnet...
Hobart and remained the city's only female mayor until the election of SueHickey in 2014. Kennedy was born Lorna Doone Pleasance Brewer on 10 May 1927...
1/sq mi) Established 1 January 1864 Area 121.1 km2 (46.8 sq mi) Mayor SueHickey Council seat Glenorchy Region Hobart northern suburbs County Buckingham...
John Freeman 1996–1999 66 Rob Valentine 1999–2011 67 Damon Thomas 2011–2014 68 SueHickey 2014–2018 69 Ron Christie 2018 70 Anna Reynolds 2018–present...
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October 2017 33 Mark Shelton Liberal Party 17 October 2017 – 1 May 2018 34 SueHickey Liberal Party (Until 22 March 2021) Independent (From 22 March 2021) 1...
independent woman elected in 2021, although Mary Willey, Madeleine Ogilvie and SueHickey had served as independents after leaving their parties. Kathryn Hay was...
Gutwein as party leader and Premier. On 22 March 2021, lower house MP SueHickey announced that she would quit the Liberal Party and sit as an independent...
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government, they passed due to the decisive vote of the Liberal Speaker, SueHickey, who voted against party lines. The bill proceeded to the independent-dominated...
case of Rodriguez v. British Columbia (Attorney General). The plaintiff, Sue Rodriguez, had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in...
for the election. The Liberal Party is defending two seats, although SueHickey resigned from the party to sit as an independent. The Tasmanian Greens...
of Sydney Councillor and sister of former Prime Minister Tony Abbott SueHickey, Lord Mayor of Hobart Vicki Howard, City of Brisbane Councillor Clover...
Abetz for comments allegedly made to SueHickey, Speaker of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. In March 2020, Hickey told the Tasmanian parliament that Abetz...
author contacted Hickey to invite his participation in the book and offering him a chance to respond to the allegations. In 1995, Hickeysued St. Martin's...
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