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Bert van Manen
Albertus Johannes "Bert" van Manen (born 24 March 1965) is an Australian former politician who represented the Division of Forde in the House of Representatives from 2010 to 2025. He is a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland and sat with the Liberal Party in federal parliament. He was the party's chief whip in the House of Representatives from July 2019 until May 2025.
Bert Van Manen was born in Brisbane, Queensland, to Dutch immigrants. His father was a ceramic tiler. His family moved to Waterford when he was young. He was educated at Kingston, Waterford and Waterford West primary schools and at Kingston State High.
In 1987 he married Judi, and they have two sons.
Bert Van Manen was employed as a bank officer for 15 years, from 1983 to 1998, before running his own business as a financial advisor from 1999 to 2010.
In 2007 Van Manen co-founded Vangrove Financial Planning with Andrew Cosgrove. He resigned as director in April 2012 but retained a 50% ownership; one month later KPMG administrators were called in when the firm collapsed owing creditors $1.5 million.
Van Manen is on the board of the Dunamis International College of Bible Ministries, revealed in his maiden speech.
In 2007, Bert Van Manen was the Family First Party candidate in the seat of Rankin. He received 3.53% of the primary vote in that election.
In the 2010 federal election, van Manen won the Division of Forde from the Australian Labor Party (ALP) incumbent Brett Raguse. He retained his seat at the 2013 federal election, 2016 federal election, 2019 federal election, and 2022 federal election.
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Bert van Manen
Albertus Johannes "Bert" van Manen (born 24 March 1965) is an Australian former politician who represented the Division of Forde in the House of Representatives from 2010 to 2025. He is a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland and sat with the Liberal Party in federal parliament. He was the party's chief whip in the House of Representatives from July 2019 until May 2025.
Bert Van Manen was born in Brisbane, Queensland, to Dutch immigrants. His father was a ceramic tiler. His family moved to Waterford when he was young. He was educated at Kingston, Waterford and Waterford West primary schools and at Kingston State High.
In 1987 he married Judi, and they have two sons.
Bert Van Manen was employed as a bank officer for 15 years, from 1983 to 1998, before running his own business as a financial advisor from 1999 to 2010.
In 2007 Van Manen co-founded Vangrove Financial Planning with Andrew Cosgrove. He resigned as director in April 2012 but retained a 50% ownership; one month later KPMG administrators were called in when the firm collapsed owing creditors $1.5 million.
Van Manen is on the board of the Dunamis International College of Bible Ministries, revealed in his maiden speech.
In 2007, Bert Van Manen was the Family First Party candidate in the seat of Rankin. He received 3.53% of the primary vote in that election.
In the 2010 federal election, van Manen won the Division of Forde from the Australian Labor Party (ALP) incumbent Brett Raguse. He retained his seat at the 2013 federal election, 2016 federal election, 2019 federal election, and 2022 federal election.
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