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Jayson Richard Hinder (4 September 1965 – 30 April 2017)[1] was an Australian lawyer and politician. He was elected as a Labor Party member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly for Ginninderra electorate, in a countback conducted on 3 March 2016 to fill a casual vacancy caused by the resignation of Mary Porter.[2] He was defeated at the general election in October. Hinder was killed in a motorcycle accident in California in April 2017.[3]
Jayson Hinder | |
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Member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly for Ginninderra | |
In office 3 March 2016 – 22 October 2016 | |
Preceded by | Mary Porter |
Personal details | |
Born | Jayson Richard Hinder 4 September 1965 Canberra, Australia |
Died | 30 April 2017 51) California, United States | (aged
Political party | Labor Party |
Alma mater | Australian National University |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Hinder was born and raised in Canberra, the son of a draughtsman and an art teacher. When his father died of emphysema at the age of 43, Hinder was sent to boarding school in the Southern Highlands while his mother sold the family home and moved into Canberra Girls Grammar School as the school's boarding manager.[4]
After leaving school, Hinder worked as a motor mechanic and owned his own business. At the age of 30, he decided to become a lawyer, selling his business and studying law at Australian National University.[4] He was a partner in two Canberra law firms before starting his own practice, Jayson Hinder & Associates, in 2004.
Hinder was a member of the ACT Veterans Rugby Club. He received a "Player of the Day Jacket" in 2015[5] and was also a member of the winning Australian Parliament XV squad in the 2015 Parliamentary Rugby World Cup in England.
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