Rob Valentine

{{Short description|Australian politician}}

{{About|the Lord Mayor of Hobart|the Scottish rugby footballer|Rob Valentine (rugby)|other persons|Robert Valentine (disambiguation)}}

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| name = Rob Valentine

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| nationality = Australian

| order = 66th Lord Mayor of Hobart

| term_start = 24 March 1999

| term_end = 25 October 2011

| deputy = Helen Burnet

| predecessor = John Freeman

| successor = Damon Thomas

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|6|15|df=yes}}

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| party = Independent

| office =

| order1 = Member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council for Hobart

| predecessor1 = Doug Parkinson

| term_start1 = 5 May 2012

| term_end1 = 3 May 2024

| succeeded1 = Cassy O'Connor

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Robert Henry Francis Valentine (born 15 June 1950) is an Australian politician. He was the Lord Mayor of the City of Hobart local government area, in the State of Tasmania, Australia, from March 1999 to October 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.hobartcity.com.au/content/InternetWebsite/Council/Aldermen/Lord_Mayor_Alderman_Rob_H_F_Valentine.aspx|title=Lord Mayor Alderman Rob H F Valentine|work=Hobart City Council|access-date=2010-08-23|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110127132625/http://www.hobartcity.com.au/content/InternetWebsite/Council/Aldermen/Lord_Mayor_Alderman_Rob_H_F_Valentine.aspx|archive-date=27 January 2011|df=dmy-all}} In 2012, he was elected to the Tasmanian Legislative Council for the division of Hobart.[http://www.electoral.tas.gov.au/pages/Media/PDF/LC/2012MondayResults.pdf Update Monday 7 May; declaration of the polls], Tasmanian Electoral Commission, 7 May 2012. He retired at the 2024 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election.{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-14/cassy-oconnor-tas-politics-future-analysis-by-adam-langenberg/102598550|title=Cassy O'Connor's bid for upper house seat could see first Green in Tasmania's Legislative Council|publisher=ABC News| author = Adam Langenberg |date=14 July 2023|access-date=27 June 2024}}

Valentine is the great-grandson of Francis David Valentine, who was Mayor from 1925 to 1926.{{cite web|url=http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2010/04/20/140881_tasmania-news.html|title=Lord Mayor hurt in bike crash|work=Hobart Mercury|date=20 April 2010}}

Valentine is also the great-nephew of Edward Brooker (a previous premier of Tasmania) and is the longest continuously-serving Lord Mayor in the History of Hobart (since 1853).

He was educated at Dunalley State School (Grd 1-6), Clarence High School, Hobart Matriculation College and the University of Tasmania.