Tierney was born in Cooma,and was educated at the University of Newcastle and the University of Sydney,gaining a Ph.D. in education. He was Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Newcastle before entering politics.[1]
Tierney was appointed to the Senate in February 1991 to succeed Peter Baume,who had resigned in January. Tierney was subsequently second on the coalition senate ticket for New South Wales and elected at the Senate elections of 1993 and 1998. He was dropped to fourth on the coalition senate ticket for New South Wales for the October 2004 Senate election and was defeated. He resigned from the Senate on 14 April 2005,[1] and was replaced by Concetta Fierravanti-Wells,who had replaced Tierney as second on the coalition's Senate ticket.
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