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Timothy Robert Wilson (born 12 March 1980) is an Australian politician. A member of the Liberal Party, he has been the member of Parliament (MP) for the Victorian division of Goldstein since 2025 and from 2016 to 2022, and is the shadow treasurer of the shadow ministry of Angus Taylor.

Prior to entering politics, Wilson worked as a policy director at the conservative think tank, the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) from 2007 to 2013 and Australia’s Human Rights Commissioner from 2014 to 2016.

Wilson was born on 12 March 1980 in Prahran, Victoria. He is the second of three children. His maternal grandfather immigrated to Australia from Armenia and was a survivor of the Armenian genocide. Wilson has been described by the Armenian National Committee of Australia as a “vocal and prominent supporter of Armenian-Australian issues, fiercely advocating for his government’s recognition of the Armenian genocide and solidarity with the indigenous Armenian self-determined Republic of Artsakh “.

In his early years, Wilson’s parents ran pubs in Richmond and on Little Collins Street. Following their divorce he moved to Mount Martha and attended Mount Martha Primary School and The Peninsula School, Mount Eliza. At Monash University, Wilson studied fine arts before transferring and completing a Bachelor of Arts (Policy Studies) and a Masters of Diplomacy and Trade (International Trade). He was elected President of the Monash University Student Union Caulfield in 2002 and again in 2003.

Wilson was employed by the Institute of Public Affairs for seven years, serving as Director of Climate Change Policy and of Intellectual Property and Free Trade. Wilson studied environmental issues in a variety of postgraduate studies.

During his time at the IPA, Wilson was a vocal critic of the Human Rights Commission and called for the abolition of the Commission.

He was appointed as Australia’s Human Rights Commissioner between February 2014 and February 2016. On appointment to the Human Rights Commission, Wilson resigned his membership of the Liberal Party.