Bob Cheek 3884572 147335951 2007-07-26T23:23:25Z Barrylb 165846 add ISBN for his Confessions book '''Robert Reginald 'Bob' Cheek''' (born [[May 13]], [[1944]], [[Launceston, Tasmania]]) was leader of the Opposition Tasmanian [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal Party]] from [[20 August]] [[2001]] until he lost his seat in the [[Tasmanian legislative election, 2002|July 2002 election]]. It was the first time that a major party leader lost their seat in a Tasmanian election since 1903 [http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/rn/2002-03/03rn07.pdf]. Mr Cheek was first elected to Tasmanian parliament in 1996 in the [[Division of Denison, Tasmania|Denison]] electorate. Prior to entering politics he managed a number of business interests and worked as a journalist for [[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury]]. Mr Cheek first challenged for Liberal leadership in [[1999]] running against [[Sue Napier]], he failed to win support and lost 9-2. In [[2001]] Cheek challenged Napier for the leadership, her support was divided amongst party members and she eventually decided to step aside in favour of him. [[Rene Hidding]] became leader after his electoral defeat. On [[15 November]] [[2005]], Mr Cheek released a book of his political memoirs - ''Cheeky: Confessions of a Ferret Salesman'' (ISBN 0975830309) [http://tasmaniantimes.com/index.php/weblog/comments/cheek-launched/]. ==References== * [http://www.taslib.net/taslibold/Members/bobcheek/BC_Bio/bc_bio.html Tasmanian Liberal Party biography] * [http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/history/tasparl/cheekr702.htm Tasmanian Parliament biography] * [http://web.archive.org/web/20020612060713/www.parliament.tas.gov.au/ha/ISCheekBob.htm Bob Cheek's maiden speech to parliament] {{start box}} {{succession box | before=[[Sue Napier]] | title=[[Leader of the Opposition (Tasmania)|Opposition Leader of Tasmania]] | years=[[2001]]-[[2002]] | after=[[Rene Hidding]]}} {{end box}} {{Australia-Liberal-politician-stub}} [[Category:Tasmanian politicians|Cheek, Bob]] [[Category:Liberal Party of Australia politicians|Cheek, Bob]]