Matthew Groom

Matthew Guy Groom (born 24 November 1970) is an Australian lawyer and former politician.

[1] Groom also acted as Attorney-General and Minister for Justice during the extended illness of the late Vanessa Goodwin.

[4] Groom was the highest polling candidate for the Liberal Party in Denison at the 2010 Tasmanian state election, securing 13.4% of the primary vote on his own.

He had earlier worked as a mergers and acquisitions lawyer with top-tier Australian law firms Freehills and Minter Ellison both in Melbourne and London.

[6] He is married to Ruth (Kile) and has two daughters, Chloe and Meg, and a son, Joshua.