Brendan Blomeley

Brendan Blomeley is an Australian politician who has served as mayor of the City of Clarence in Tasmania since 2022. He is a former member of the Liberal Party.^[2]

Cr Brendan Blomeley
Mayor of Clarence
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 October 2022[1]
Preceded by	Doug Chipman
Councillor of the City of Clarence
Incumbent
Assumed office October 2018
Personal details
Born	Brendan Blomeley
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Independent (since 2024)
Other political affiliations	Liberal (1990/91[2] – 2024)

Political career

Government staffer

Before running for office, Blomeley was chief of staff to Tasmanian Liberal senator David Bushby, the Chief Government Whip in the Senate.

In 2017, he was convicted and fined $2000 for using a carriage service to harass his inlaws, Julia Edwards and Ted Edwards.^[3] The conviction was set aside in 2018, but Blomeley was required to enter into an 18-month good behaviour bond on each of the two counts.^[4]

Clarence City Council

Blomeley contested the 2018 Tasmanian local government elections as an Independent Liberal. He had 3.10% of the vote and was the last candidate elected after preference distribution.^[5]

In 2022, he announced his candidacy for mayor of Clarence, leading the "Better Clarence" ticket.^[6] He was successful in a close race, elected with 50.81% of the vote against Tony Mulder after preference distribution.^[7]

Blomeley was passed over for Liberal Party Senate preselection in 2023 because he did not disclose he had been charged with breaching an apprehended violence order (AVO) in 2017.^[8]

At the 2024 Tasmanian state election, he considered contesting the division of Franklin as an independent candidate, although ultimately chose not to.^[2] His membership to the State Liberal Party of Tasmania automatically lapsed at this time.