Biography

Parliamentary service

• State: Shadow Minister for Infrastructure from 2002 to 2006.
• Federal: Elected to the House of Representatives for Braddon, Tasmania, 2013. Defeated at general elections 2016.

Parliamentary positions

• Member of the Speaker's Panel from 14.11.2013 to 28.9.2015.

Committee service

• House of Representatives Standing: Selection served from 12.10.2015 to 9.5.2016
• Joint Standing: Treaties served from 4.12.2013 to 9.5.2016

Parliamentary party positions

• Liberal Party of Australia. Served: 07.09.2013 to 02.07.2016
• Government Whip in the House of Representatives from 12.10.2015 to 9.5.2016.

Party positions

• Senior Vice-President of the Liberal Party (Tas.) from 2001 to 2002.

Personal

• Born: 1.7.1960, Burnie, Australia
• Gender: Male
• Marital Status: Married

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• Pastor from 1993 to 1999.
• Adviser to Senator the Hon. J Newman from 1999 to 2002.
• Chief Executive Officer of Burnie Sports and Events Pty. Ltd. from 2010 to 2013.

State/Territory Government service

• Shadow Minister for Infrastructure from 2002 to 2006.
• Shadow Minister for Local Government from 2002 to 2006.
• Elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly for Braddon, 2002. Defeated at general elections 2010.
• Shadow Treasurer from 2003 to 2006.
• Shadow Minister for Health and Human Services from 2006 to 2010.
• Opposition Whip from 2006 to 2010.

Local Government service

• Alderman, Burnie City Council from 1999 to 2002.

Electorate

• Name: Braddon
• Location: north-west and west Tasmania; it includes the cities of Burnie and Devonport, and the towns of Currie, Latrobe, Penguin, Queenstown, Rosebery, Smithton, Somerset, Stanley, Strahan, Ulverstone, Waratah, Wynyard and Zeehan. It also includes King Island.
• Area: 20,826 Sq km
• Electors enrolled: 72,529 (at 2.7.2016)
• Industries: forestry, fishing, aquaculture, kelp harvesting, dairying, beef cattle production; vegetable, poppy and pyrethrum growing; vegetable processing, cheese manufacture, sawmilling and wood chipping; mining and tourism; and the Burnie and Devonport sea ports.
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