19 Facts About Lindsay Tanner

Lindsay James Tanner was born on 24 April 1956 and is a former Australian politician.

Lindsay Tanner studied at the local state primary school before obtaining a scholarship to Gippsland Grammar School in Sale, where he graduated as dux in 1973.

Lindsay Tanner graduated from the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Laws with Honours and a Bachelor of Arts with Honours, and later a Master of Arts in History in 1981.

Lindsay Tanner was editor of Farrago and a member of the Melbourne University Law Review.

Lindsay Tanner began his career as an articled clerk and solicitor at Holding Redlich Lawyers in Melbourne.

Lindsay Tanner was Assistant State Secretary of the Federated Clerks' Union from 1987, then State Secretary from 1988 until 1993.

In March 1993 Lindsay Tanner was elected to the Australian House of Representatives representing the Division of Melbourne, and served one term as a government backbencher during Paul Keating's final term as Prime Minister.

Lindsay Tanner remained a member of the Shadow Ministry, despite numerous changes of leadership, continuously until the election of the Rudd Labor government in November 2007.

In 1998, Lindsay Tanner was moved to the portfolios of Finance and Consumer Affairs.

Lindsay Tanner has been a prominent member of Labor's left faction and it was thought that he might contest the Labor leadership in 2002, when former leader Kim Beazley first challenged Simon Crean.

However, once it became clear that Latham did not intend to offer him this position, Lindsay Tanner announced that he would not stand for a position in the new shadow ministry.

On 24 June 2010, during Julia Gillard's first question time as Prime Minister, Lindsay Tanner announced his intention to not re-contest his seat at the next election, citing that he wanted to spend more time at home with his family and stressing he had already planned to do so before the change in leadership.

Lindsay Tanner remained as Minister for Finance throughout the election campaign.

Lindsay Tanner has been appointed as a Vice Chancellor's Fellow and Adjunct Professor at Victoria University, and a special adviser to financial firm Lazard Australia.

Lindsay Tanner was elected to the position of Chairman of the Essendon Football Club on 14 December 2015.

Lindsay Tanner is a long-standing supporter of the Bombers and was elected to the Board only 8 months earlier.

In 2016, Lindsay Tanner joined the Investment Advisory Committee of Six Park, a Melbourne-based automated investment company offering financial advice and management.

On 15 November 2017 it was announced that Lindsay Tanner was to be appointed a Non-Executive Director of Suncorp Group, effective 1 January 2017.

Lindsay Tanner has been married three times, and has one son and three daughters.