Matthew Guy
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The Honourable Matthew Guy MP |
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| Leader of the Opposition in Victoria | |
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Assumed office 4 December 2014 |
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| Premier | Daniel Andrews |
| Deputy | David Hodgett |
| Preceded by | Daniel Andrews |
| Leader of the Liberal Party in Victoria | |
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Assumed office 4 December 2014 |
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| Deputy | David Hodgett |
| Preceded by | Denis Napthine |
| Minister for Planning | |
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In office 2 December 2010 – 4 December 2014 |
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| Premier |
Ted Baillieu Denis Napthine |
| Preceded by | Justin Madden |
| Succeeded by | Richard Wynne |
| Minister for Multicultural Affairs and Citizenship | |
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In office 17 March 2014 – 4 December 2014 |
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| Premier | Denis Napthine |
| Preceded by | Nicholas Kotsiras |
| Succeeded by | Robin Scott |
| Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Bulleen |
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Assumed office 29 November 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Nicholas Kotsiras |
| Member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Northern Metropolitan | |
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In office 25 November 2006 – 28 November 2014 |
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| Succeeded by | Fiona Patten |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
6 March 1974 Greensborough, Victoria |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Australia |
| Alma mater | La Trobe University |
| Religion | Presbyterianism |
Matthew Jason Guy (born 6 March 1974) is an Australian politician, and a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the Liberal Party. He is the current leader of the Victorian Parliamentary Liberal Party, and therefore Leader of the Opposition in Victoria.
Matthew Guy was the Liberal candidate for Yan Yean in the 2002 Victorian state election but was not elected. At the 2006 Victorian state election he succeeded as the top candidate on the Liberal ticket for the Northern Metropolitan Region in the Victorian Upper House after which he was soon appointed as Shadow Minister for Planning.
Guy was re-elected at the 2010 Victorian state election and was subsequently appointed as Planning Minister.
Prior to entering parliament Matthew Guy was a ministerial adviser to Liberal Premier Jeff Kennett and to the Assistant Federal Treasurer, Senator Rod Kemp. He was also the Chief of Staff to Dr Denis Napthine during his period as Opposition Leader.
He has also worked for the Victorian Farmers Federation and for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and is a member of the St Kilda Saints the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Radio 3RRR and the National Trust of Victoria.
Matthew Guy is married with three children. He is of Ukrainian descent; his mother's family left the Soviet Union in 1949.
In September 2011 Matthew Guy, overruled Bass Coast Shire and rezoned a 5.7-hectare farming property at Ventnor, Phillip Island, from farmland into the township making it available for development. The rezoning decision was unpopular with one hundred submissions calling for the town boundaries to be retained while only one submission from the developers supporting the rezoning. Opposition to the rezoning included American singer Miley Cyrus who tweeted to her 2.5 million followers that "Phillip Island is such a magical place, it would be a shame to see it change".
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