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Jul 05, 1952 Manchester, England, United Kingdom 71 years old
Australian politician
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About Bob Day
- Robert John Day (born 5 July 1952) is an Australian former politician and businessman who was a Senator for South Australia from 1 July 2014 to 1 November 2016.
- He is a former federal chairman of the Family First Party.
- Before entering politics, he worked in the housing industry, owning several businesses, and at one stage serving as president of the Housing Industry Association.Day was the Liberal Party of Australia candidate for the federal seat of Makin at the 2007 election and planned to be the Liberal candidate at the 2008 Mayo by-election but failed to gain preselection which resulted in his resignation from the Liberals.
- Day immediately joined the Family First Party and was their candidate for the by-election and their first Senate candidate on the South Australian ticket at the 2010 election and 2013 election. On his fourth attempt to enter federal parliament in 2013, Day was elected to the Senate from a 3.8 per cent primary vote for the South Australian Family First Party and took office on 1 July 2014.
- Despite a further decline in the Family First South Australian Senate vote to 2.9 per cent he was re-elected at the 2016 double dissolution election.
- Elected to the 12th and final South Australian Senate spot, Day's term was due to expire on 30 June 2019.Following the liquidation of Home Australia Group, Day announced his intention to resign from the Senate.
- However, he stated that a potential new investor had expressed interest in the business, that there was too much important work for the Family First Senate seat to be vacant for even one day and that therefore he would not resign before the year's end.
- However, Day resigned on 1 November 2016 after stating that the investor had backed out.On 5 April 2017 the High Court held that Day's re-election to the Senate in July 2016 was invalid, since he'd had an "indirect pecuniary interest" in an agreement with the Commonwealth since at least February 2016.
- As a result, he had not been eligible to sit as a Senator from at least February 2016 onward by reason of section 44(v) of the Constitution.
