Andrew Willcox | |
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![]() Willcox in 2021 | |
Member of the Australian Parliament for Dawson | |
Assumed office 21 May 2022 | |
Preceded by | George Christensen |
3rd Mayor of Whitsunday Regional Council | |
In office 4 April 2016 –June 2022 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Andrew Willcox 29 January 1969 Bowen,Queensland,Australia |
Political party | Liberal National |
Residence(s) | Bowen,Queensland,Australia |
Occupation | Politician,tomato farmer |
Profession |
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Website | https://www.andrewwillcox.com.au/ |
Andrew Willcox (born 29 January 1969) is an Australian politician and former mayor who is a member of the House of Representatives since 2022, representing the division of Dawson. [1] He is a member of the Liberal National Party and sits with the National Party in federal parliament. [1] [2]
Willcox was born and grew up in Bowen, Queensland, as a third-generation tomato farmer. [3] [4]
Willcox elected on to the Whitsunday Regional Council as a Division 6 councillor in 2012. [3] He was subsequently elected as the mayor of the Whitsunday Regional Council in 2016, and was re-elected to the same position in April 2020. [5] [6] [7]
In August 2021, Willcox was selected as a Liberal National Party candidate for the division of Dawson. [8] In April 2022, he took leave from his mayoralty role to contest the 2022 federal election. [9] He was elected at the federal election on 21 May and subsequently resigned as Mayor officially in June. [1] [10]
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