Bert van Manen

Bert van Manen
MP
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Forde
Assumed office
21 August 2010
Preceded by Brett Raguse
Personal details
Born (1965-03-24) 24 March 1965
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Nationality Australian
Political party Family First (2007–2010)
Liberal National (2010–present)
Spouse(s) Judi
Children 2
Occupation Politician
Profession Financial advisor
Website http://www.bertvanmanen.com.au

Albertus Johannes "Bert" van Manen (born 24 March 1965) is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) member of the Australian House of Representatives seat of Forde since the 2010 federal election, defeating Australian Labor Party incumbent Brett Raguse.

Early life

Bert Van Manen was born in Brisbane, Queensland, to Dutch immigrants. His father was a ceramic tiler. His family moved to Waterford when he was young. He was educated at Waterford and Waterford West primary schools and at Kingston State High.[1]

In 1987 he married Judi, and they have two sons.[1]

Bert Van Manen was employed as a bank officer for 15 years, from 1983 to 1998, before running his own business as a financial advisor from 1999 to 2010.[2]

In 2007 Van Manen co-founded Vangrove Financial Planning with Andrew Cosgrove. He resigned as director in April 2012 but retained a 50% ownership; one month later KPMG administrators were called in when the firm collapsed owing creditors $1.5 million.[3]

Van Manen is on the board of the Dunamis International College of Bible Ministries.

Political career

In 2007, Bert Van Manen was the Family First Party candidate in the seat of Rankin. He received 3.53% of the primary vote in that election.

In the 2010 federal election, 2013 federal election, and 2016 federal election van Manen was the elected LNP candidate for the Division of Forde. On 30/8/2016 he was appointed to the position of Government Whip *APH profile He has served as a Member of the Joint Statutory Committee on Law Enforcement; Joint Standing Committee on Law Enforcement; House of Representatives Standing Committee on Law Enforcement and House of Representatives Select Committee on Law Enforcement *APH profile He was endorsed by the evangelical Christian Dunamis Church, which provided church volunteers to aid his election campaign with "booth work, letterbox drops and many other things."[1][4]

In January 2018 it was reported that several changes to Mr Van Manen's Wikipedia page that included deleting references to his failed business, Vangrove Financial Planning, were traced to parliamentary IP addresses. A spokesperson for Mr Van Manen described the edits as having been "well-meaning."[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "It is with great honour that I...: 20 Oct 2010: House debates (OpenAustralia.org)". www.openaustralia.org.au. Retrieved 2017-07-04.
  2. ↑ 7111;, corporateName=Commonwealth Parliament; address=Parliament House, Canberra, ACT, 2600; contact=+61 2 6277. "Mr Bert van Manen MP". www.aph.gov.au. Retrieved 2017-07-04.
  3. ↑ McKenna, Michael. "Peter Beattie rival Bert van Manen led firm in 'director-related collapse'". The Australian. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  4. ↑ Maizey, Judith (March 8, 2016). "Dunamis Church endorses three Logan candidates in upcoming local government election". Courier Mail - Albert & Logan News. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
  5. ↑ Baker, Hannah. "Forde MP's Wikipedia page edits 'well-meaning'". Beaudesert Times. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
Parliament of Australia
Preceded by
Brett Raguse		 Member for Forde
2010–present		 Incumbent
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