Gary Kent is an Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n political figure. He was President of the Australian Capital Territory Division of the Liberal Party of Australia

Liberal Party of Australia

The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...

 from 2000 to September 2007. He had previously served for several years as chairman of the party's Central Electorate Branch.

Kent was born in Melbourne

Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

 and has served as an adviser to several Federal Ministers and is currently a Company Secretary.

Kent was in the center of a controversy in November 2006 after a private email to Steve Pratt

Steve Pratt

Stephen George "Steve" Pratt is a former Australian military officer, aid worker and Liberal politician in the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly for the electorate of Brindabella.- Early career :...

 MLA was leaked to The Canberra Times

The Canberra Times

The Canberra Times newspaper was founded in 1926 in Canberra, Australia by Arthur Shakespeare.It was the second paper to be printed in the city, the first being The Federal Capital Pioneer. The paper was sold to the Fairfax group in the 1960s by Arthur Shakespeare on the condition that it continue...

. The email warned Pratt about his behavior "You are heading into dangerous territory here mate, you and your colleagues should take a deep breath and divorce yourself from the muckraking." Kent has been closely linked to former Liberal MLA Richard Mulcahy

Richard Mulcahy (Australian politician)

Richard John Mulcahy , a former Australian politician was a member of the unicameral Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly for one term, from 2004 to 2008, representing the Liberal Patry and later as an independent....

 MLAhttp://www.parliament.act.gov.au/members/index.asp?sortby=&profile=46&assembly=6#46, who resigned from the ACT Liberal Party after being expelled from the party room.

Kent was a Liberal candidate for the Molonglo electorate

Molonglo electorate

The Molonglo electorate is one of the three electorates for the unicameral 17-member Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly. It has seven seats, and is the largest of the electorates in terms of population.-History:...

 at the 2008 territory election

Australian Capital Territory general election, 2008

Elections to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly were held on Saturday, 18 October 2008. The incumbent Labor Party, led by Jon Stanhope, was challenged by the Liberal Party, led by Zed Seselja. Candidates were elected to fill three multi-member electorates using a single...

, but was unsuccessful.