Tim Nicholls

Tim Nicholls is the Treasurer and Minister for Trade and your Member for Clayfield.

Having lived in the electorate for over 28 years, Tim is a well-known and active member of the community. Being first elected to Parliament in 2006 after six years as Councillor for Hamilton Ward in the Brisbane City Council, Tim has a strong record of standing up for our local area and getting things done.

Before joining Council in 2000 Tim worked as a lawyer. He graduated from Church of England Grammar School (Churchie) and obtained his law degree from the Queensland University of Technology in 1989. As a Councillor, Tim was the Lord Mayor's Finance Spokesman and a member of the Expenditure Review Committee

Tim has been Shadow Treasurer since August 2008 and was Elected Deputy Leader of the Opposition in March 2011.

Tim is married to Mary, an occupational therapist and together they have three young children.

Tim enjoys reading, helping his kids at sport, fishing in the family's 14 foot tinnie (dinghy) and listening to Jimmy Buffett, while relaxing and watching whales from Point Lookout on Stradbroke Island.

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