John Cobb (Australian politician)

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John Cobb
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Member of the Australian Parliament
for Calare
In office
24 November 2007 9 May 2016
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John Kenneth Cobb (born 11 February 1950) is an Australian former politician who served as a National Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from November 2001 representing the Division of Parkes, and the Division of Calare from 2007 to 2016 when he retired. [1]

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Early life and education

Cobb was born in Bathurst, son of Lee and Mary Cobb, [2] and was raised on the family property near Mount Hope, New South Wales. [3]

Career

Pre-political career

From the 1980s until his candidacy for Federal Parliament, Cobb was active in, and spent three years as president of the New South Wales Farmers Association, a lobby group representing farmers and rural and regional communities. [4] He also continued to farm the family property.

Political career

Cobb was elected to the House of Representatives from the Division of Parkes, a safe National Party seat, at the 2001 federal election.

In July 2005, Cobb was appointed to the ministry as Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, but soon after was reshuffled to the community services portfolio.

After Parkes was dramatically altered in a redistribution, Cobb ran for the neighbouring seat of Calare at the 2007 election after the popular independent member Peter Andren retired. The Liberal-National Party Coalition lost the election, but Cobb won Calare handily. He was chosen by new Opposition leader Brendan Nelson to be a member of the shadow ministry, as the spokesperson on regional development and water security. [5] He was re-elected at the 2010 election and in September 2010 was appointed Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Food Security by Opposition leader, Tony Abbott. [6]

Following the 2013 federal election, Cobb nominated as deputy leader of the National Party, but was defeated by Barnaby Joyce, the newly elected member of New England. Cobb was not appointed to the Abbott Ministry. [7]

On 27 February 2016, Cobb announced that he was retiring from politics and would not re-contest the Division of Calare in the 2016 Australian federal election. [1]

Personal life

Cobb in married and has four daughters from his first marriage. He is not related to one of his predecessors as the member for Parkes, Michael Cobb. [2] [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 "John Cobb, Nationals MP, To Retire From Calare". AustralianPolitics.com. 27 February 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  2. 1 2 Cobb, John (14 February 2002). "House of Representatives Debates" (PDF). Hansard. Parliament of Australia. p. 213. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2007.
  3. "About". John Cobb's Site. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  4. New South Wales Farmers Federation, Who We Are and What We Do Archived 30 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine , retrieved January 2008.
  5. Parliament of Australia, Shadow Ministry, 6 December 2007 Archived 25 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine , retrieved January 2008
  6. "Department of the Parliamentary Library - Shadow Ministry". Archived from the original on 17 September 2010. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
  7. Colley, Clare (16 September 2013). "Cobb overlooked for ministry". Western Advocate. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  8. Schubert, Misha (21 October 2006). "Cobb denies disability comment". The Age .
Political offices
Preceded by Minister for Citizenship & Multicultural Affairs
2005–2006
Succeeded by
Amanda Vanstone
as Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
Preceded by
Kay Patterson
as Minister for Family and Community Services
Minister for Community Services
2006–2007
Succeeded by
Parliament of Australia
Preceded byMember for Parkes
2001–2007
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member for Calare
2007–2016
Succeeded by