Henry Pike | |
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Member of the Australian Parliament for Bowman | |
Assumed office 21 May 2022 | |
Preceded by | Andrew Laming |
Personal details | |
Born | 16 October 1987 36) Canberra,Australia | (age
Political party | Liberal (LNP) |
Alma mater | University of Canberra University of Queensland |
Website | https://www.henrypike.com.au/about/ |
Henry Jon Pike (born 16 October 1987) is an Australian politician who is a member of the House of Representatives representing the Division of Bowman,Queensland,for the Liberal National Party of Queensland from 2022. He sits with the Liberal Party in federal parliament. [1]
Pike was born in Canberra on 16 October 1987. He holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in architecture from the University of Canberra and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Queensland. [2] He worked for the Property Council of Australia prior to his election to parliament,as a senior policy and communications adviser and later as director of media and communications. [3] [4]
Pike was a federal vice-president of the Young Liberals in 2013 and Chair of the Liberal National Party Metro South Region Branch in 2021. [2] He was the LNP candidate for the seat of Redlands at the 2020 Queensland state election,losing to the incumbent Australian Labor Party (ALP) MP Kim Richards. [5]
In August 2021,Pike won Liberal National Party preselection for the federal seat of Bowman,following the forced retirement of incumbent MP Andrew Laming after having defeated four candidates in the ballot. [6] In early 2022,police dismissed a complaint against Pike in relation to the preselection process,describing the complaint as “unfounded”. [7] In his maiden speech,he said he made "no apologies" for being a social conservative. [8] In his first parliamentary term,Pike was appointed to the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties,and the Committee on the Implementation of the National Redress Scheme. [2]
Pike retained Bowman for the LNP at the 2022 federal election. [9] Aligned with the National Right faction of the Liberal Party, [10] Pike is associated with the party's religious right and was endorsed by prominent conservative Amanda Stoker. [11]
In January 2023,Pike drafted a bill that would keep Australia Day on January 26. [12] [13] [14]
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