Biography
- Parliamentary service
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- Elected to the House of Representatives for Corangamite, Victoria, 2007. Re-elected 2010. Defeated at general elections 2013.
- Parliamentary positions
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- Member of the Speaker's Panel from 29.11.2012 to 5.8.2013.
- Committee service
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- House of Representatives Standing: Industry, Science and Innovation served from 19.2.2008 to 19.7.2010; Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government served from 19.2.2008 to 19.7.2010; Privileges and Members' Interests served from 25.10.2010 to 21.8.2012; Agriculture, Resources, Fisheries and Forestry served from 25.10.2010 to 5.8.2013; Climate Change, Environment and the Arts served from 13.2.2013 to 5.8.2013
- Joint Select: Australia's Clean Energy Future Legislation served from 13.9.2011 to 7.10.2011
- Joint Statutory: Public Accounts and Audit served from 25.10.2010 to 5.8.2013; Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity served from 6.2.2013 to 6.2.2013; Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity served as Chair from 7.2.2013 to 5.8.2013
- Parliamentary party positions
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- Australian Labor Party. Served: 24.11.2007 to 07.09.2013
- Party positions
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- President of the Australian Labor Party Ballarat West Branch (Vic.), 1998.
- Personal
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- Born: 8.6.1976, Christchurch, New Zealand
- Gender: Male
- Marital Status: Married
- Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament
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- Union organiser from 2001 to 2007.
- Local Government service
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- Councillor, City of Ballarat from 1999 to 2002.
- Electorate
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- Name: Corangamite
- Location: south-western Victoria; it includes the outer southern Geelong suburbs of Belmont, Grovedale and Highton, and the towns of Anglesea, Apollo Bay, Barwon Heads, Colac, Inverleigh, Linton, Lorne, Ocean Grove, Portarlington, Torquay and Winchelsea.
- Area: 7,724 Sq km
- Electors enrolled: 101,569 (at 21.8.2010)
- Industries: beef and dairy cattle, crops, fishing, forestry, horticultural and organic farming, sheep, food processing, manufacturing, retail and tourism.
- Includes: Corangamite includes the Victorian Legislative Assembly electorate of South Barwon, and parts of Ballarat East, Bellarine, Geelong, Polwarth and Rippon.