predecessor successor birth_place party office birth_date term_start premier article_title term_end name birthname occupation
david llewellyn lin thorp tasmania , australia independent australian labor party launceston management member of the tasmanian house of assembly for bass city council alderman minister for police and emergency 1 october 1945 2011 1989 12 february 2008 13 may 1989 13 may paul lennon david bartlett jim cox -lrb- australian politician -rrb-
 13 april 2010 1 february 1992 1 february 1992 jim cox james glennister cox radio and television presenter
jim cox -lrb- australian politician -rrb-

james glennister `` jim '' cox -lrb- born 1 october 1945 -rrb- is a former tasmanian labor politician and member of the tasmanian house of assembly in the electorate of bass .
he was first elected in the 1989 election .
he was defeated in the 1992 election and re-elected in the 1996 election , holding the seat until his retirement in 2010 .
in 1989 , tasmanian media magnate edmund rouse , chairman of gunns , attempted to bribe cox with $ 110,000 to cross the floor of parliament in an attempt to prevent labor forming government in alliance with the five green independents , and attempting to secure the return of the pro-logging liberal party government of robin gray .
cox reported the bribery attempt to police , and ultimately rouse served 18 months in jail .
cox was re-elected in the 2006 election , receiving 15.3 % of first preferences , a decrease compared to his previous result of 17.5 % in the 2002 election .
before entering parliament , cox co-hosted the `` the saturday night show '' on tnt-9 with graeme goodings and was a radio announcer in northern tasmania .
cox won logie awards for most popular male on tasmanian television in 1979 and 1981 .
