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{{Use Australian English|date=November 2016}}
{{Infobox officeholder|
| honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable]] [[
| name = Sue Hickey
| honorific-suffix = [[Tasmanian House of Assembly|MP]]
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| spouse =
| party = [[Liberal Party of Australia (Tasmanian Division)|Liberal]] (until March 2021)<br>[[Independent (politician)|Independent]] (since March 2021)
| office4 = [[
| term_start4 =
| office5 = [[Mayor|Deputy Mayor]] of [[Glenorchy City Council|Glenorchy]]
| term_start5 =
| term_end5 = 22 June 2024
| office6 = [[Alderman]] of [[Glenorchy City Council|Glenorchy]]
| term_start6 = 21 July 2021
}}
'''Susanne Lynnette Hickey''' (born 25 July 1958) is an Australian politician. She represented the electorate of [[Division of Denison (state)|Denison]] (later re-named [[Division of Clark (state)|Clark]]) from the [[2018 Tasmanian state election|2018 state election]] until her defeat at the 2021 election, sitting with the [[Liberal Party of Australia (Tasmanian Division)|Liberal Party]] until March 2021, when she quit the party and became an [[Independent (politician)|independent]]. Hickey is currently [[
At the time of the election Hickey had been [[Speaker of the Tasmanian House of Assembly]] since May 2018, having unexpectedly won the Speaker position with the support of the opposition [[Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch)|Labor]] and [[Tasmanian Greens|Greens]] parties over the Liberal government's nominee [[Rene Hidding]].<ref name=speaker>{{cite news|last1=Burgess |first1=Georgie|title=New Speaker Sue Hickey distances herself from Liberal Party in dramatic first day of Parliament|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-01/sue-hickey-set-to-become-new-tasmanian-speaker-in-surprise-move/9714572|accessdate=2018-05-01|work=ABC News| publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=2018-05-01}}</ref><ref name="ABC News">{{cite news|last1=Coulter |first1=Ellen |last2=Dunlevie |first2=James|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-04/sue-hickey-new-tasmanian-parliamentary-speaker/9723632 | title=Sue Hickey: A Tasmanian Liberal, but not as you know it | work=ABC News | publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation| date=2018-05-04 | accessdate=2018-05-06}}</ref> She previously served as [[Lord Mayor of Hobart]] from 2014 until 2018.<ref name=mercury>{{cite news|last1=Howard |first1=Jessica| title=Sue Hickey's successful rise to Lord Mayor of Hobart|url=http://www.themercury.com.au/news/tasmania/sue-hickeys-successful-rise-to-lord-mayor-of-hobart/story-fnj4f7k1-1227108873427|publisher=The Mercury (Hobart)|date=1 November 2014|accessdate=1 November 2014}}</ref>
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She was a successful candidate for the [[Hobart City Council]] in the 2011 Tasmanian local government elections, elected as Alderman.
Hickey defeated incumbent Lord Mayor [[Damon Thomas (mayor)|Damon Thomas]] at the 2014 local government elections,
==State political career and Speaker of the House of Assembly==
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Later on the same day, Premier [[Peter Gutwein]] wrote to Prime Minister [[Scott Morrison]], stating that Hickey raised the matter of Abetz's comments with him weeks earlier and requested Morrison to "consider the matters raised".<ref name="abc.net.au"/>
==Deputy Mayor and Mayor of Glenorchy==
After losing in the [[2021 Tasmanian state election|2021 state election]]
Following Mayor [[Bec Thomas]] being elected to state parliament in the [[2024 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election]], Hickey became acting mayor.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-06 |title=Acting Mayor Sue Hickey slams spike in vandalism |url=https://www.gcc.tas.gov.au/2024/05/acting-mayor-sue-hickey-slams-spike-in-vandalism/ |access-date=2024-05-26 |website=Glenorchy City Council |language=en-US}}</ref> Hickey won the resulting 2024 [[Glenorchy City Council]] by-election, becoming mayor of [[Glenorchy City Council]] in June 2024.<ref name="TECGlen2024Result"/>
==References==
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|years=2014–2018}}
{{s-aft|after=Ron Christie}}
{{s-bef|before=[[Bec Thomas]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=Mayor of Glenorchy
|years=2024–present}}
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{{s-par|au-tas}}
{{s-bef|before=[[Mark Shelton (Australian politician)|Mark Shelton]]}}
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