Felix Ellis

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Felix Ellis
MP
Member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly
for Braddon
Assumed office
3 June 2021
Preceded byAdam Brooks
In office
17 August 2020 – 1 May 2021
Preceded byJoan Rylah
Personal details
Born (1990-01-22) 22 January 1990 (age 31)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
CitizenshipAustralian/Lithuanian
NationalityAustralian
Political partyLiberal Party
Spouse(s)Margot Ellis
ChildrenWilliam Ellis
OccupationPlumber and gas fitter

Felix Ashton Ellis (born 22 January 1990) is an Australian politician, who was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly on 17 August 2020 in a recount to fill a vacancy for the division of Braddon caused by the resignation of Joan Rylah,[1] lost his seat at the 2021 state election, then was re-elected in a countback following the resignation of Adam Brooks immediately after the poll.

Ellis was born in Brisbane[2] and raised in Western Australia. He moved to Tasmania in 2014 after his mother had moved there earlier,[3] and worked as a plumber on Tasmania's West Coast. He ran as a Liberal candidate for Braddon at the 2018 Tasmanian state election.[4] During the election campaign, the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre called for Ellis to be disendorsed by the Liberal Party after he made a Facebook post comparing a brick to an Aboriginal artefact.[5] Ellis holds dual Australian and Lithuanian citizenship, and was therefore ineligible to run as a candidate for the 2018 Braddon by-election.[6]

Following the state election, Ellis worked as a media advisor for Liberal Senator Richard Colbeck. When Rylah resigned from the House of Assembly on 27 July 2020, Ellis was elected in the ensuing countback as the only eligible Liberal candidate on the 2018 ticket.[3] He was defeated at the 2021 Tasmanian state election, although he was re-elected a month later in a countback to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Adam Brooks.[7][8]

References[]

  1. ^ "Braddon Recount – Completed". Tasmanian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  2. ^ "ELLIS, Felix Ashton". The Parliament of Tasmania from 1856. Parliament of Tasmania. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  3. ^ a b Maloney, Matt (27 July 2020). "Ellis to stand in Braddon recount". The Examiner. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  4. ^ Green, Antony. "Tasmania Votes – Braddon". ABC Election. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Anger over candidate suggesting brick could be 'ancient Aboriginal hammer'". ABC News. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Colbeck staffer rules out by-election run". The Mercury. 11 May 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Brooks resigns amid explosives, firearms, false licence charges". ABC News. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Braddon Recount completed". Tasmanian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 June 2021.

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