Adrian Tantari

Adrian Tantari (born 15 March 1961) is an Australian former politician. He was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly as the Labor member for Hervey Bay at the 2020 Queensland state election and held the seat for one term until his defeat at the 2024 state election. Despite being considered a safe seat for the Liberal National Party in 2020, he achieved an eleven-point swing and won the seat with a majority of two percent, the first non-LNP victory in Hervey Bay since 2006.

Biography Tantari was born in 1961, in Altona, Victoria, to an Italian family. His father immigrated to Australia after World War Two at the age of 17. Tantari is divorced and has 3 adult children.

2020 state election In his 2020 campaign, Tantari again emphasised growing the region's educational institutions and gaining better infrastructure for the growing city. Tantari also called for the re-establishment of the Ministerial Regional Community Forums to help bolster the economic significance of the region. In the final result, Tantari gained over an 11% swing, securing the seat for Labor.