The Hon John Cobb MP

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Biography

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Parliamentary service

• Elected to the House of Representatives for Parkes, New South Wales, 2001 and 2004. Re-elected following the 2006 electoral redistribution for Calare, New South Wales, 2007 and 2010.

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Ministerial appointments

• Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Transport and Regional Services from 26.10.04 to 6.7.05.
• Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs from 6.7.05 to 27.1.06.
• Minister for Community Services from 27.1.06 to 30.1.07.
• Assistant Minister for the Environment and Water Resources from 30.1.07 to 3.12.07.

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Committee service

• House of Representatives Standing: Environment and Heritage from 20.3.02 to 31.8.04; Publications from 20.3.02 to 31.8.04; Ageing from 4.11.03 to 31.8.04; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs from 6.2.03 to 31.8.04; Climate Change, Water, Environment and the Arts from 11.3.08 to 3.2.10.
• Joint Statutory: Native Title and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land Fund from 20.3.02 to 6.2.03; Public Accounts and Audit from 20.3.02 to 31.8.04.

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Parliamentary party positions

• Member, Opposition Shadow Ministry from 6.12.07. Shadow Minister for Regional Development from 6.12.07 to 22.9.08; Shadow Minister for Water Security from 6.12.07 to 22.9.08; Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry from 22.9.08 to 8.12.09; Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Food Security, Fisheries and Forestry from 8.12.09 to 14.9.10; Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Food Security from 14.9.10.

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Party positions

• Member, National Party from 1984.
• Member, Government Backbench Policy Committees on Agriculture, Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation; Environment and Heritage; Industry and Resources; Tourism, Art and Sport.

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Personal

• Born 11.2.1950, Bathurst, NSW.

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Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• Jackaroo, overseer and manager 1968-74.
• Farmer and grazier from 1976.
• President, NSW Farmers Association 1998-2001.

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Electorate

• Description: rural.
  
  Location: northern central New South Wales; it includes the centres of Bathurst, Blayney, Canowindra, Eugowra, Forbes, Lithgow, Molong, Oberon, Orange, Parkes, Peak Hill, Portland, Wallerawang and Yeoval.
  
  Area: 30 526 sq km (approx.).
  
  Electors enrolled: 98 504 (at 21.8.10).
  
  Industries: mining, mixed farming, fruit, timber, vineyards, meat and wool processing, transport, light engineering, white goods manufacturing, tertiary education services, agricultural and pastoral support services.
  
  State electorates: Calare includes parts of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorates of Bathurst, Burrinjuck, Dubbo and Orange.

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