Mr Darren Chester MP – Parliament of Australia

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Member for Gippsland, Victoria

Party: The Nationals
Chamber: House of Representatives

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Parliament Office

PO Box 6022
House of Representatives
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600

Telephone:: (02) 6277 4029
Fax:: (02) 6277 8402

Electorate Office

(Principal Office)

36 Macarthur Street
Sale, VIC, 3850

Postal address
PO Box 486
Sale, VIC, 3850

Telephone:: (03) 5144 6744
Fax:: (03) 5144 3945

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Websites: Personal website; Party website

Alternative URL

www.aph.gov.au/D_Chester_MP

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Electorate details

Gippsland, Victoria

Biography

Party positions
Personal
Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament
Electorate

Parliamentary service

Elected to the House of Representatives for Gippsland, Victoria at by-election 28.6.2008, vice the Hon. PJ McGauran (resigned). Re-elected 2010.

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Committee service

House of Representatives Standing: Petitions from 26.8.08.
Joint Statutory: Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity from 26.8.08 to 19.7.10.

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Conferences, delegations and visits

Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Vietnam, Thailand and Singapore, November 2011.

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Parliamentary party positions

Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Roads and Regional Transport from 14.9.10.

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Party positions

State Councillor (Vic.), The Nationals 2002-04.

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Personal

Born 13.9.1967, Sale, Vic.
Married.

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Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

Newspaper and television journalist 1986-98.
Self-employed marketing consultant 1998-2002.
Executive Officer, Champions of the Bush 2002-04.
Chief of Staff, PJ Ryan, MLA (Vic.) 2004-08.

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Electorate

Description: rural.
Location: eastern Victoria; it includes the towns of Bairnsdale, Cann River, Churchill, Heyfield, Lakes Entrance, Maffra, Mallacoota, Orbost, Rosedale, Sale, Stratford, Traralgon and Yarram.
Area: 33 264 sq km (approx.).
Electors enrolled: 97 543 (at 21.8.10).
Industries: dairying, beef, fishing, forestry, sheep, cropping, sawmills, vegetables, oil, gas, tourism, correctional services, RAAF Base (East Sale).
State electorates: Gippsland includes the Victorian Legislative Assembly electorate of Gippsland East, and parts of Gippsland South and Morwell.

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