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Bernard Finnigan was born on 8 December, 1972 in Mount Gambier, South Australia, is an Australian politician. Discover Bernard Finnigan's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 51 years old?

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Occupation Union official
Age 51 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 8 December 1972
Birthday 8 December
Birthplace Mount Gambier, South Australia
Nationality Australia

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1972

Bernard Vincent Finnigan (born 8 December 1972) is an Australian former politician who served as a member of the South Australian Legislative Council from 2006 until 2015.

One of twelve children, Finnigan was born in 1972 in Mount Gambier, South Australia and grew up in nearby Eight Mile Creek on the family's dairy farm.

He attended Allendale East Area School and Tenison Woods College in Mount Gambier before attending the University of Adelaide.

1993

In 1993 he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree.

While still at university he joined the Australian Labor Party.

1995

Finnigan began working for the South Australian branch of the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association (SDA) in 1995 as a union official, before becoming the same union's assistant secretary in 2000.

This latter position was one he held for five years.

There, he was a protégé of future Senator Don Farrell.

2006

He was appointed in May 2006 as a member of the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party to the Legislative Council in a casual vacancy triggered by the death of Terry Roberts.

On 2 May 2006, Finnigan was appointed to the South Australian Legislative Council (upper house) as Labor's candidate to fill the remainder of the term left vacant by the death of former minister Terry Roberts.

Finnigan described his own policy interests as including "economic development, industrial relations, federal-state relations, family issues and building social capital".

In his maiden speech on 8 May 2006 Finnigan told the Parliament that "I am a servant of Christ and subject of His reign in history".

2008

During June 2008 on a conscience vote, he was among a number of Labor MLCs who joined Liberal and Family First MLCs to vote down an amendment to give same-sex couples legal access to gestational surrogacy.

Finnigan opposed the legalisation of euthanasia.

2009

In 2009 he was described as "one of the most influential figures in Parliament" and a likely backbench candidate for the ministry, after the promotion of Tom Koutsantonis.

2010

Elected at the 2010 election, Finnigan briefly served in the Rann government cabinet from February until April in 2011, when Labor suspended him from the party, sitting thereafter as an independent backbencher until his 2015 parliamentary resignation.

He was the Acting Police Minister at the time of his arrest.

Having participated in a number of parliamentary committees, he served as Parliamentary Secretary to Premier Mike Rann from April 2010 until he was appointed as a minister.

He was third on Labor's upper house ticket at the 2010 election and was subsequently re-elected with an eight-year term, set to expire in 2018.

A Catholic, Finnigan was a member of Labor's right-wing (Labor Unity) faction.

2011

Labor suspended Finnigan from the party pending the verdict of a criminal trial after he was charged with child pornography offences in 2011, totalling 30 various charges over time.

Promoted to the Rann cabinet on 8 February 2011, Finnigan was appointed to several ministerial portfolios simultaneously: Industrial Relations, State/Local Government Relations, and Gambling.

As well as those, he became Labor leader in the Legislative Council, and served as acting police minister while Kevin Foley, the serving police minister, was overseas.

Finnigan resigned as a minister and as a member of the South Australian Executive Council on 21 April 2011.

The night before his party resignation, Finnigan was arrested and charged with four child pornography offences.

Rann requested that Finnigan be suspended from the party while his case was before the courts, with the suspension endorsed by the party's state executive on 3 May 2011.

As the alleged offences were considered a sex crime, South Australian law prohibited publication of his name in connection with the charges until he had entered a plea.

He was committed for trial pleading not guilty.

The four charges he originally faced were dropped in favour for seven counts of obtaining access to child pornography and five for possession, some counts of which were aggravated by the alleged age of the children depicted.

2012

On 29 June 2012, Finnigan was charged with 14 additional counts of obtaining access to child pornography, seven of them aggravated to be heard in the District Court of South Australia before a jury.

On 24 September 2012, Finnigan was committed to stand trial on five aggravated counts of taking steps to obtain child pornography and one aggravated count of obtaining child pornography, at which point the statutory suppression on naming the accused within South Australia expired.

Eight other charges were dropped.

2013

Five of the six charges of taking steps to obtain access to child pornography were dismissed by the magistrate handling the case on 13 May 2013.

In June 2013 prosecutors refiled previously dismissed charges against Finnigan.

Though a total of 30 various charges were investigated over time, only two charges ended up proceeding to trial.

2015

Only two charges ended up proceeding to trial – on 10 November 2015, Finnigan was found not guilty of one count for attempting to access child pornography, however he was found guilty of one count of accessing child pornography.

Finnigan announced his immediate parliamentary resignation on 12 November.

On 9 December following sentencing submissions, Finnigan had a conviction recorded, was added to the sex offenders register, and was given a 15-month suspended sentence with a three-year $1,000 good behaviour bond.

Peter Malinauskas filled the upper house casual vacancy in a joint sitting of the Parliament of South Australia on 1 December.

On 10 November 2015, Finnigan was found not guilty of one count of attempting to access child pornography, however he was found guilty of one count of accessing child pornography.