Graham Perrett | |
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Member of the Australian Parliament for Moreton | |
Assumed office 24 November 2007 | |
Preceded by | Gary Hardgrave |
Personal details | |
Born | St George,Queensland,Australia | 5 January 1966
Political party | Australian Labor Party |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | University of Queensland Queensland University of Technology |
Occupation | Solicitor |
Website | www |
Graham Douglas Perrett (born 5 January 1966) is an Australian politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2007,representing the Queensland seat of Moreton for the Australian Labor Party (ALP). He worked as a schoolteacher,solicitor,and political staffer before entering parliament.
Perrett was born in St George in Queensland in 1966 (seventh child in a family of ten children), [1] and received a diploma of teaching in 1985. [2] He taught for three years in schools on the Darling Downs and Far North Queensland,then another eight years in Brisbane.
In 1993,Perrett completed a BA (Hons) through the University of Queensland. His thesis was a study of The Autobiography of Malcolm X . He later received an LL.B. from Queensland University of Technology in 1999. He worked as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland from 1999 to 2005 in Quinn &Scattini. [3] After working with the Queensland Independent Education Union as an organiser he was given a role as a senior policy adviser to the Premier of Queensland,Peter Beattie,in 2005,and later for the Minister for Health,Stephen Robertson. [2]
Perrett ran unsuccessfully for the federal seat of Moreton in 2004. [2] He was elected to Moreton at the 2007 election [4] where he ended Gary Hardgrave's 11-year term in office with a 7.6-point swing. [5] Perrett described the victory as surprising,stating "In my wildest dreams I certainly didn't expect that the seat would be decided as early as it was". [5] Perrett claimed the victory,over a former multicultural affairs minister,could be put down to the fact that "people are ready for hope and aren't prepared to stick with the tired old fear factor of John Howard". [4]
In the 2007 Moreton campaign Perrett's rival,Gary Hardgrave,complained of being branded a "racist",after the standing member said that Moreton was being "exhausted" by the influx of African refugees. [4] Perrett campaigned primarily on issues relating to health and education in the lead up to the election,whilst Hardgrave focused primarily on roads,according to a radio interview. [6]
Perrett was appointed as a Government Whip in May 2013,holding the position until Labor's defeat at the 2013 election. He was appointed as a shadow parliamentary secretary in Bill Shorten's shadow ministry in May 2014,and retained the position under Anthony Albanese when he replaced Shorten as leader in June 2019. [7]
Perrett published his first novel,The Twelfth Fish,in October 2008. The sex scenes in The Twelfth Fish drew attention from the political class and the media. In the lead-up to the 2010 federal election a Christian group put out a flyer calling Perrett the "Member for Porn". He retained his seat and went on to publish a sequel in September 2013,The Big Fig. [8] [9]
In his teaching days Perrett played in a band called Once I Killed a Gopher with a Stick and remains a fan of music and literature. He enjoys writing and bushwalking. [10]
Perrett attracted international attention and ridicule after tweeting about facial injuries he suffered while watching an episode of political satire Veep. Perrett suffered a black eye and received three stitches in his cheek after knocking himself unconscious. [11]
Perrett lives in Moorooka,Queensland with his wife Lea and has two sons. [12]
Perrett supports the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL). [13]
Year | Electorate | Party | First Preference Result | Two Candidate Result | |||||||
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Votes | % | ±% | Position | Votes | % | ±% | Result | ||||
2007 | Moreton | Labor | 37,908 | 47.11 | 7.27 | First | 44,055 | 54.75 | 7.58 | Elected | |
2010 | 29,190 | 36.01 | 12.12 | Second | 41,147 | 51.13 | 4.88 | Elected | |||
2013 | 31,932 | 38.73 | 2.72 | Second | 42,503 | 51.55 | 0.42 | Elected | |||
2016 | 31,342 | 36.90 | 1.83 | Second | 45,892 | 54.02 | 2.47 | Elected | |||
2019 | 31,864 | 35.15 | 1.60 | Second | 47,045 | 51.90 | 2.12 | Elected | |||
2022 | 34,633 | 37.42 | 2.27 | First | 54,690 | 59.09 | 7.19 | Elected | |||
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