John William Tierney AM (born 21 January 1946), Australian politician, was a Liberal member of the Australian Senate from 1991 to 2005, representing the state of New South Wales.
He was Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Newcastle before entering politics.
[1] Tierney was appointed to the Senate in February 1991 to succeed Peter Baume, who had resigned in January.
He resigned from the Senate on 14 April 2005,[1] and was replaced by Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, who had replaced Tierney as second on the coalition's Senate ticket.
[2] His "significant service to people with polio" was recognised in the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours with the award of Member of the Order of Australia (AM).