Parliament of Australia: House of Representatives

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The Hon Peter Dutton MP, Member for Dickson (Qld)

Parliamentary Service

Elected to the House of Representatives for Dickson, Queensland, 2001, 2004 and 2007.

Ministerial Appointments

Minister for Workforce Participation from 26.10.04 to 27.1.06;
Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer from 27.1.06 to 3.12.07.

Parliamentary party positions

Member, Opposition Shadow Ministry from 6.12.07.

Shadow Minister for Finance, Competition Policy and Deregulation from 6.12.07 to 22.9.08.
Shadow Minister for Health and Ageing from 22.9.08.

Committee Service

House of Representatives Standing:
Employment and Workplace Relations from 20.3.02 to 15.10.07;
Family and Community Services from 20.3.02 to 31.08.04;
Economics from 11.3.08 to 25.9.08.

Joint Statutory:
National Crime Authority from 20.3.02 to 31.08.04.

Conferences, delegations and visits

Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Fiji and Papua New Guinea, October-November 2002.
Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Indonesia, March 2003.
Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Belgium, France and UK, October 2005.
Official visits to India, May 2006; USA, June 2006.

Qualifications and occupation before entering federal Parliament

BBus (QUT)

Police Officer 1990-99
Company Director from 1993

Party Positions

Policy Vice-Chair, Bayside Young Liberals 1989.
Chair, Bayside Young Liberals 1990.
Secretary, Liberal Party Brisbane Central Branch 2000.
Member, Government Backbench Committees on Attorney-General, Justice and Customs; Health and Ageing; Immigration, Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs.

Personal

Born 18.11.1970, Brisbane, Qld.

Married.

Electorate

For more information about this electorate, visit the Australian Electoral Commission website link on the previous page