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Place of Birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
About Matthew Groom
- Matthew Guy Groom (born 24 November 1970) is an Australian lawyer and former politician.
- He was a Liberal Party member for Denison in the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 2010 to 2018.
- He served as Minister for State Growth, Energy, Environment, Parks and Heritage.
- Groom also acted as Attorney-General and Minister for Justice during the extended illness of the late Vanessa Goodwin.
- In September 2017, Groom announced his retirement from politics, giving as a reason the negative impact politics has had on his family life.
- In August 2018 he was appointed to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.Groom was the highest polling candidate for the Liberal Party in Denison at the 2010 Tasmanian state election, securing 13.4% of the primary vote on his own.Prior to politics, Groom worked as Legal Counsel at Hydro Tasmania and then as General Counsel with the Tasmanian renewable energy company Roaring 40s.
- He had earlier worked as a mergers and acquisitions lawyer with top-tier Australian law firms Freehills and Minter Ellison both in Melbourne and London.He holds Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts degrees from the University of Tasmania and a Master of Laws degree from the University of Melbourne.He is married to Ruth (Kile) and has two daughters, Chloe and Meg, and a son, Joshua.
- He is the son of former Premier of Tasmania Ray Groom.
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