Terry Mulder
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The Honourable Terry Mulder |
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| Minister for Public Transport | |
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In office 2 December 2010 – 4 December 2014 |
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| Premier |
Ted Baillieu Denis Napthine |
| Preceded by | Martin Pakula |
| Succeeded by | Jacinta Allan |
| Minister for Roads | |
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In office 2 December 2010 – 4 December 2014 |
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| Premier |
Ted Baillieu Denis Napthine |
| Preceded by | Tim Pallas |
| Succeeded by | Luke Donnellan |
| Member of the Victorian Parliament for Polwarth |
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In office 18 September 1999 – 3 September 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Ian Smith |
| Succeeded by | Richard Riordan |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Terence Wynn Mulder 16 August 1952 Colac, Victoria, Australia |
| Political party | Liberal Party |
| Spouse(s) | Susan Mulder |
Terence Wynn "Terry" Mulder (born 16 August 1952) is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1999 to 2015, representing the Colac-based electorate of Polwarth. He served as Minister for Public Transport and Minister for Roads in the Baillieu and Napthine governments from 2010 to 2014.
Mulder was born in Colac, and attended Trinity College, but did not complete high school and began working as a laborer. He was employed by the Postmaster General's Office from 1967 to 1978 before going into business, serving as managing director of a property management company from 1978 to 1999. Mulder also worked as a consultant from 1994 to 1999.
Mulder joined the Liberal Party in 1992, and was an active member of his local branch thereafter, serving as its vice-president from 1993 to 1995 and president from 1995 to 1999. He subsequently won preselection to contest the safe seat of Polwarth upon the resignation of long-serving Ian Smith. He was easily elected, and was a popular backbencher for most of his first term. Mulder was promoted to the ministry in a reshuffle ahead of the 2002 election, serving as Shadow Minister for Water Resources.
Mulder was easily re-elected at the 2002 election, despite a statewide routing of the Liberal Party and a challenge from renowned Geelong football player Paul Couch, who ran in Polwarth as a National Party candidate. The defeat of several shadow ministers opened up a number of vacancies in the shadow cabinet after the election, and Mulder was promoted to the position of Shadow Minister for Transport and Shadow Minister for Ports.
As Shadow Minister for Transport, Mulder became one of the highest-profile members of the opposition, leading attacks on cost blow-outs over the Regional Fast Rail project and the rebuilding of Spencer Street Station, the badly delayed Craigieburn railway extension and the controversial siting of the Marshall railway station. With the party continuing to generally struggle, however, Mulder began to be seen as a potential replacement for leader Robert Doyle.
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