John Tucker (Tasmanian politician)

{{Short description|Australian politician}}

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| office = Member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly for Lyons

| term_start = 12 March 2019

| term_end = 23 March 2024

| predecessor = Rene Hidding

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1975|1|22}}

| birth_place = Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

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| nationality = Australian

| party = Independent (2023–2024)

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| otherparty = Liberal (until 2023)

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John Ewart Tucker (born 22 January 1975) is an Australian politician. He was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly in a countback conducted on 12 March 2019 to fill a vacancy in the electorate of Lyons caused by the resignation of Rene Hidding.{{cite web |title=House of Assembly - Division of Lyons |url=https://www.tec.tas.gov.au/House_of_Assembly_Elections/Recounts/Results/2019/Lyons-recount-190312.pdf |publisher=Tasmanian Electoral Commission |accessdate=12 March 2019}} He was re-elected in his own right in 2021.

Before his election to state parliament, Tucker served as a councillor on Break O'Day Council.{{cite news |last1=Maloney |first1=Matt |title=John Tucker is Tasmania's newest lower house parliamentarian |url=https://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/5950832/john-tucker-wins-lyons-in-vote-recount/?cs=12 |accessdate=12 March 2019 |work=The Advocate |date=12 March 2019 |language=en}}

On 12 May 2023, ABC News reported that Tucker, alongside fellow Liberal Lara Alexander, would leave the Liberal Party to sit as independents, in part due to concerns related to the proposed Macquarie Point Stadium project.{{cite news |last1=Pridham |first1=Bec |title=Tasmania's Liberal government to be thrown into minority as MPs defect over $715 million AFL stadium in Hobart |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-12/tasmania-liberal-government-in-minority-mps-defect-over-stadium/102333446 |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=ABC News |date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511234223/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-12/tasmania-liberal-government-in-minority-mps-defect-over-stadium/102333446 |archive-date=11 May 2023 |url-status=live}} This left the Liberal party in minority government and requiring 7 seats to reach a majority in the next state election. At the next election, held in March 2024, Tucker was defeated and lost his seat.