Julia Gillard was the 27th Prime Minister of Australia who served from 2010 to 2013. Her husband is Tim Mathieson.
Tim Mathieson who was once married to Julia Gillard, Australia’s former Prime Minister, is an Australian hairdresser.
The two married in 2006, after this Tim became a public figure. At the time, Gillard was the Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party.
Tim was born and raised in the Victorian town of Shepparton.
Who Is Tim Mathieson? Julia Gillard’s Husband
Tim Mathieson is Julia Gillard’s husband. After finishing his high school, he began a hairdressing apprenticeship in the Melbourne district of South Yarra.
For 15 years he ran a salon and he returned to Shepparton. After he relocated to Queensland’s Gold Coast, where he ran a hair business for another fifteen years.
According to a report, Mathieson and a friend spent much of the 1990s in California, exporting vintage Levi’s jeans and supplying marble interiors.
He worked for a year at the Heading Out salon after he returned to Melbourne in 2004.
He returned to Shepparton after quitting Heading Out and with the help of his father and brother he founded Tim Mathieson Hair.
Details On Tim Mathieson’s Career
In November 24, 2008, Minister For Health and Aging, Nicola Toxin appointed Tim Mathieson as one of the government’s Men’s Health Ambassadors.
He is also a patron of the Australian Men’s Sheds Association and an ambassador for Kidney Health Australia.
Also, he associated with the Alice Springs-based Indigenous Diabetes Association and the mental health organization beyondblue
In December 2010, he was named Patron of the National Portrait Gallery.
Why Did Tim Mathieson And Julia Gillard Divorce?
15 years relationship with Tim Mathieson had been divorced with Julia Gillard.
According to what Gillard told the Adelaide Advertiser, she and Mathieson had parted ways over a year ago and they have been living apart for the past year, with Mathieson in the country Victoria and Gillard alternating her time between London and Adelaide.
Gillard met Mathieson at the hair salon where he worked in 2004, but they didn’t start dating for after two years.
Tim had previously married Diane Stark and they had two children together. Although, he has three children approximately because he had a daughter while was still in his late teens.