Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Brian_Wightman> ?p ?o }
Showing triples 1 to 75 of
75
with 100 triples per page.
- Brian_Wightman abstract "Brian Neal Wightman (born 9 January 1976) is an Australian politician. He is a first generation Tasmanian of Northern Irish descent. His parents William and Mary migrated from Belfast, Northern Ireland, to Tasmania in 1971.Wightman is married to Katie and they have two children, twins William and Beatrix, who were born on Christmas Eve, 2008.He was educated in Launceston, Tasmania and attended Trevallyn Primary School and Riverside High School before graduating from Launceston College in 1993. Brian studied to become a teacher and obtained a Bachelor of Education in 1997 and a Master of Education in 2004, both from the University of Tasmania.Brian is the former Principal of Winnaleah District High School and Branxholm Primary School and was a teacher at Port Dalrymple School in George Town for seven years before being elected in the electorate of Bass at the State election in 2010.Before embarking on his teaching career Brian followed his father into the factory, working each summer holiday from age 15. His Father is a life-member of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union and completed 30 years of service at Amcor Fibre Containers.Brian’s first teaching appointment was to George Town at George Town Primary School in 1998. He also taught at Port Dalrymple School, also in George Town, and was principal of Winnaleah District High School and Branxholm Primary School.He is a strong supporter of the Labor Federal Government's Gonski reforms to education and is a proud member of the Australian Education Union.Wightman was first pre-selected as a Labor candidate for the state seat of Bass in the 2010 state election and secured election as the second Labor MP in a close contest with Scott McLean and Beaconsfield Mine collapse survivor Brant Webb.At the 2014 state election he held the following ministerial responsibilities; Attorney General, Minister for Justice, Minister for Environment, Parks and Heritage, and Minister for Education and Skills.Wightman was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly in 2010 being the 5th candidate elected for the seat of Bass. Comparing the results between the 2010 and 2014 state elections Wightman managed to increase his 1st preference vote by more than 2000 votes, even though he lost his seat in 2014 the increased personal vote is significant given there was an 11.2% swing against the Labor party in Bass.After losing his seat at the 2014 Tasmanian State Election Wightman took up the position of Chief Executive of Cornerstone Youth Services which is a Launceston-based community health organisation which delivers services to people aged 12 to 25 in Tasmania's North and North-West. He later took up the position of Tasmanian Executive Director of the Property Council of Australia, commencing this role on 22 September 2014.".
- Brian_Wightman birthDate "1976-01-09".
- Brian_Wightman birthYear "1976".
- Brian_Wightman wikiPageExternalLink brianwightman.org.
- Brian_Wightman wikiPageID "26858801".
- Brian_Wightman wikiPageLength "5139".
- Brian_Wightman wikiPageOutDegree "18".
- Brian_Wightman wikiPageRevisionID "699409093".
- Brian_Wightman wikiPageWikiLink Australia.
- Brian_Wightman wikiPageWikiLink Australian_Labor_Party.
- Brian_Wightman wikiPageWikiLink Beaconsfield_Mine_collapse.
- Brian_Wightman wikiPageWikiLink Branxholm,_Tasmania.
- Brian_Wightman wikiPageWikiLink Category:1976_births.
- Brian_Wightman wikiPageWikiLink Category:Attorneys-General_of_Tasmania.
- Brian_Wightman wikiPageWikiLink Category:Australian_Labor_Party_members_of_the_Parliament_of_Tasmania.
- Brian_Wightman wikiPageWikiLink Category:Australian_people_of_Northern_Ireland_descent.
- Brian_Wightman wikiPageWikiLink Category:Australian_schoolteachers.
- Brian_Wightman wikiPageWikiLink Category:Living_people.
- Brian_Wightman wikiPageWikiLink Category:Members_of_the_Tasmanian_House_of_Assembly.
- Brian_Wightman wikiPageWikiLink Division_of_Bass_(state).
- Brian_Wightman wikiPageWikiLink George_Town,_Tasmania.
- Brian_Wightman wikiPageWikiLink Launceston,_Tasmania.
- Brian_Wightman wikiPageWikiLink Northern_Ireland.
- Brian_Wightman wikiPageWikiLink Tasmanian_state_election,_2010.
- Brian_Wightman wikiPageWikiLink University_of_Tasmania.
- Brian_Wightman wikiPageWikiLink Winnaleah.
- Brian_Wightman wikiPageWikiLinkText "Brian Wightman".
- Brian_Wightman dateOfBirth "1976-01-09".
- Brian_Wightman name "Wightman, Brian".
- Brian_Wightman shortDescription "Australian politician".
- Brian_Wightman wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Cabinet_of_Tasmania.
- Brian_Wightman wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Persondata.
- Brian_Wightman wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.
- Brian_Wightman wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:TasCurrentMHAs.
- Brian_Wightman wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Use_Australian_English.
- Brian_Wightman wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Use_dmy_dates.
- Brian_Wightman description "Australian politician".
- Brian_Wightman description "Australian politician".
- Brian_Wightman subject Category:1976_births.
- Brian_Wightman subject Category:Attorneys-General_of_Tasmania.
- Brian_Wightman subject Category:Australian_Labor_Party_members_of_the_Parliament_of_Tasmania.
- Brian_Wightman subject Category:Australian_people_of_Northern_Ireland_descent.
- Brian_Wightman subject Category:Australian_schoolteachers.
- Brian_Wightman subject Category:Living_people.
- Brian_Wightman subject Category:Members_of_the_Tasmanian_House_of_Assembly.
- Brian_Wightman hypernym Politician.
- Brian_Wightman type Agent.
- Brian_Wightman type List.
- Brian_Wightman type Person.
- Brian_Wightman type Politician.
- Brian_Wightman type Person.
- Brian_Wightman type Educator.
- Brian_Wightman type List.
- Brian_Wightman type Member.
- Brian_Wightman type Ministry.
- Brian_Wightman type Politician.
- Brian_Wightman type Schoolteacher.
- Brian_Wightman type Schoolteacher.
- Brian_Wightman type Agent.
- Brian_Wightman type NaturalPerson.
- Brian_Wightman type Thing.
- Brian_Wightman type Q215627.
- Brian_Wightman type Q5.
- Brian_Wightman type Person.
- Brian_Wightman comment "Brian Neal Wightman (born 9 January 1976) is an Australian politician. He is a first generation Tasmanian of Northern Irish descent. His parents William and Mary migrated from Belfast, Northern Ireland, to Tasmania in 1971.Wightman is married to Katie and they have two children, twins William and Beatrix, who were born on Christmas Eve, 2008.He was educated in Launceston, Tasmania and attended Trevallyn Primary School and Riverside High School before graduating from Launceston College in 1993.".
- Brian_Wightman label "Brian Wightman".
- Brian_Wightman sameAs Q4965634.
- Brian_Wightman sameAs m.0bmkdhm.
- Brian_Wightman sameAs Q4965634.
- Brian_Wightman wasDerivedFrom Brian_Wightman?oldid=699409093.
- Brian_Wightman givenName "Brian".
- Brian_Wightman isPrimaryTopicOf Brian_Wightman.
- Brian_Wightman name "Brian Wightman".
- Brian_Wightman name "Wightman, Brian".
- Brian_Wightman surname "Wightman".