Career
Matheson obtained a certificate in commercial accountancy at Penrith Technical and Further Education and worked in the Penrith branch of the National Australia Bank. He joined the Liberal party at age 18. The seat was considered unwinnable for the Liberal party and Matheson"s campaign was low key and based on the slogan "Who is this Guy?".
However the election was a landslide victory for the Liberal party and Matheson defeated the previous member Peter Anderson with a two party preferred swing of greater than 10%.
A very strong recovery in the ALP vote at the 1991 election resulted in Matheson losing this traditionally safe Labor seat to the ALP"s Faye Lo Po" with a swing of more than 7%. Matheson has not nominated for public office since 1991.
