Biography

Parliamentary service

• Elected to the House of Representatives for O'Connor, Western Australia, 2010. Retired prior to general elections 2013.

Parliamentary positions

• Member of the Speaker's Panel from 16.2.2012 to 21.5.2012.

Committee service

• House of Representatives Standing: Agriculture, Resources, Fisheries and Forestry served from 25.10.2010 to 9.5.2012

Parliamentary party positions

• The Nationals. Served: 21.08.2010 to 05.08.2013

Party positions

• President of the Nationals Kalgoorlie Branch (WA) from 2007.

Personal

• Born: 23.6.1959, Merredin, Australia
• Gender: Male
• Marital Status: Married

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• Pastoralist.
• Pastoral consultant and manager.

Electorate

• Name: O'Connor
• Location: south-east Western Australia; it includes Albany, Bridgetown, Denmark, Esperance, Kalgoorlie, Kojonup, Laverton, Leonora, Manjimup, Mount Barker, Ravensthorpe, Southern Cross, Wagin and Warburton.
• Area: 908,954 Sq km
• Electors enrolled: 92,875 (at 21.8.2010)
• Industries: grain, sheep, cattle, tree farming, fishing and aquaculture, vineyards and winemaking, gold, talc and mineral sands mining, farmstays and tourism.
• Includes: O'Connor includes the Western Australian Legislative Assembly electorates of Albany and Eyre, and parts of Blackwood-Stirling, Central Wheatbelt, Kalgoorlie, Pilbara and Wagin.

Honours

• Awarded the Centenary Medal, 1.1.2001.