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Taimus Werner-Gibbings (born 13 October 1981), is an Australian amateur actor and political candidate.
Early life[edit]
Taimus grew up in Weston Creek, Canberra. He studied at Lake Tuggeranong College.
Political career[edit]
Taimus ran in the 2016 Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly election as a ACT Labor candidate for Brindabella. He received 3,131 first-preference votes and achieved 0.4 quotas, finishing 3rd on the Labor ticket.[1] He ran again in Brindabella for the Labor Party at the 2020 Election, where he once again finished 3rd on the ticket, gaining 4,568 first-preference votes and 0.5 quotas.[2] He was narrowly defeated by Johnathan Davis of the Greens. In 2023, he initially was left off ACT Labor's ticket for the 2024 Election,[3]but was later reinstated after an intervention from Andrew Barr.[4]
Acting career[edit]
Taimus founded Shakespeare By The Lakes (Also known as Lakespeare) in 2017. It performs in the summertime and is based off Shakespeare In The Park in New York.[5]
Personal life[edit]
Taimus lives in Fadden with his wife and 3 children.
He was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes as a child.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ ACT, PositionTitle=Electoral Commissioner; SectionName=ACT Electoral Commission; CorporateName=Elections (January 11, 2017). "Electorate Results". www.elections.act.gov.au.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ ACT, PositionTitle=Electoral Commissioner; SectionName=ACT Electoral Commission; CorporateName=Elections (November 20, 2020). "Electorate Results". www.elections.act.gov.au.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Top Labor candidate dropped in factional fight over women's quota rules". The Canberra Times. November 24, 2023.
- ^ "Chief Minister's intervention brings back dropped top candidate". The Canberra Times. January 16, 2024.
- ^ Snell, Christian. "Shakespeare by the Lakes in the Capital". Riotact.
- ^ Raggatt, Matthew (July 23, 2016). "Labor hopeful Taimus Werner-Gibbings hopes to break hyphen drought in ACT election". The Canberra Times.