Jared Cassidy
{{Short description|Australian politician}}
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| name = Jared Cassidy
| honorific-prefix = Councillor
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| office1 = Leader of the Opposition
on Brisbane City Council
| term_start1 = September 2019
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| predecessor1 = Peter Cumming
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| office2 = Leader of the Labor Party
on Brisbane City Council
| term_start2 = September 2019
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| predecessor2 = Peter Cumming
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| office3 = Councillor of the City of Brisbane
for Deagon Ward
| term_start3 = 17 August 2015
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| predecessor3 = Victoria Newton
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| birth_name = Jared Ryan Cassidy
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| party = Labor (since 2004){{cite web |title=JARED RYAN CASSIDY |url=https://event.elections.qld.gov.au/Candidate/CandidateDetail?EventID=593&EventType=2&ContestID=0&BoundaryID=11640&LGAID=18&ID=47431 |publisher=Electoral Commission of Queensland}}
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Jared Ryan Cassidy is an Australian politician. He has served as Leader of the Opposition and leader of the Labor Party on Brisbane City Council since 2019.
Political career
Cassidy was appointed to council to fill a casual vacancy on Deagon Ward in 2015, following the resignation of longtime councillor Victoria Newton.{{cite web |title=ALP's Victoria Newton calls it quits as party endorses several candidates ahead of Brisbane City Council 2016 election |url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/questnews/north/alps-victoria-newton-calls-it-quits-as-party-endorses-several-candidates-ahead-of-brisbane-city-council-2016-election/news-story/5901001f47968ca10ec69ec723114b30 |publisher=The Courier Mail}} Prior to being elected, he worked for Newton and had previously worked for former treasurer Wayne Swan.{{cite web |title=Councillor Jared Cassidy |url=https://jaredcassidy.com.au/jared-cassidy/ |publisher=City of Brisbane}}
At the 2016 Brisbane City Council election, Cassidy was elected in his own right with 53.7% of the vote after preferences.{{cite web|title=Electorate: Deagon|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/brisbane-city-council-2016/wards/deag/|website=ABC News|publisher=ABC Corporation|accessdate=4 February 2017}} Following the election, where Labor leader Milton Dick did not recontest his seat, there was speculation that Cassidy would contest the position of Labor leader. However, this did not happen, and Peter Cumming was elected to the role unopposed.{{cite web |title=Peter Cumming elected Labor leader in Brisbane City Council |url=https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/peter-cumming-elected-labor-leader-in-brisbane-city-council-20160404-gny4pf.html |publisher=Brisbane Times |date=4 April 2016}}
=Leader of the Opposition=
In September 2019, six months before the 2020 Brisbane City Council election, Cumming stepped down as leader and Cassidy took his place.{{cite web |title=Labor's lord mayoral candidate a mystery man to voters |date=25 September 2019 |url=https://thewest.com.au/news/qld/labors-lord-mayoral-candidate-a-mystery-man-to-voters-ng-8d1abe0bba8e1da82aed72be7b6b22b5 |publisher=The West Australian}}
On 12 November 2019, he was escorted out of the council chamber after he refused an order to leave for yelling "crock of shit".{{cite web |title=Jared Cassidy removed from Brisbane council chamber by police |url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/queensland-government/jared-cassidy-removed-from-brisbane-council-chamber-by-police/news-story/9f7f6e959e2cb07db4372a70ae6d389c |publisher=The Courier Mail}}
Cassidy was re-elected in 2020 with an increased primary and two-party-preferred vote.{{cite web|title=Electorate: Deagon|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/bcc/2020/guide/deag/|website=ABC News|publisher=ABC Corporation|accessdate=18 April 2020}}In 2024 Cassidy was once again re-elected with a 58.46% primary vote. {{Cite web |last=Queensland |first=Electoral Commission of |date=2019-07-01 |title=Electoral Commission of Queensland |url=https://results.elections.qld.gov.au/2024QLGE/00806/primary |access-date=2025-01-06 |website=results.elections.qld.gov.au |language=en}}
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Category:Politicians from Brisbane