Mark Banasiak | |
---|---|
Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council | |
Assumed office 23 March 2019 | |
Personal details | |
Political party | Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party |
Mark Jared Banasiak is an Australian politician. He has been a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since 2019, representing the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party. [1]
The New South Wales Legislative Council, often referred to as the upper house, is one of the two chambers of the parliament of the Australian state of New South Wales. The other is the Legislative Assembly. Both sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney. It is normal for legislation to be first deliberated on and passed by the Legislative Assembly before being considered by the Legislative Council, which acts in the main as a house of review.
The Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party (SFF) is an Australian political party. It primarily advocates for gun rights and the right of access to public land.
Banasiak was president of the Sporting Shooters Association before his election. He defeated sitting MLC Robert Brown for preselection to lead the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party ticket prior to the 2019 New South Wales state election. [2]
Robert Leslie Brown is an Australian politician. He was a Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 2006, when he filled a casual vacancy sparked by the retirement of long-time party leader John Tingle, until 2019, when he was defeated for preselection by Mark Banasiak.
The 2019 New South Wales state election was held on Saturday 23 March 2019 to elect the 57th Parliament of New South Wales, including all 93 seats in the Legislative Assembly and 21 of the 42 seats in the Legislative Council. The election was conducted by the New South Wales Electoral Commission (NSWEC).
Pauline Hanson's One Nation is a nationalist, right-wing populist party in Australia. One Nation was founded in 1997, by member of parliament Pauline Hanson and her advisors David Ettridge and David Oldfield after Hanson was disendorsed as a federal candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia. The disendorsement came before the 1996 federal election because of comments she made about Indigenous Australians. Hanson sat as an independent for one year before forming Pauline Hanson's One Nation.
Orange is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is a regional electorate that covers four local government areas in their entirety: the City of Orange, Cabonne Council, Parkes Shire and Forbes Shire. The seat has been held by Philip Donato of the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party since a by-election in November 2016.
Stephen Rhett Cansdell is an Australian former professional boxer and former member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.
John Saxon Tingle is a former Australian politician, journalist and broadcaster. He was the founder of the Shooters Party in New South Wales, and served on the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1995 to 2006.
Robert Borsak is representative of the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party in the New South Wales Legislative Council. He was chosen by the Shooters and Fishers Party to fill the New South Wales Legislative Council vacancy caused by the death of Roy Smith on 30 July 2010.
Robert Bruce Duncan was an Australian politician. He was the member for Lismore in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1965 to 1988, first as a member of the Country Party and then as an independent.
Colin Murray "Col" Fisher, OAM was an Australian politician. He was the National Party member for Upper Hunter in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1970 to 1988, and held ministerial positions from 1975 to 1976.
Roger Bede Nott was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1941 until 1961. He was a member of the Labor Party and held numerous ministerial positions between 1954 and 1961. He was the Administrator of the Northern Territory between 1961 and 1964.
New South Wales politics takes place in context of bicameral parliamentary system. The main parties are the Liberal and National parties of the governing Coalition and the Australian Labor Party. Other minor political parties include the Greens, Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party, the Christian Democratic Party, the One Nation, the Liberal Democratic Party and the Keep Sydney Open..
Ricky Lee Muir is an Australian politician who served as a Senator for Victoria from 2014 to 2016.
This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 2015 to 2019, as elected at the 2015 state election and at by-elections.
Hilltops Council is a local government area in the South West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia. This area was formed on the 12 May 2016 from the merger of Boorowa Council, Harden Shire and Young Shire. The local government area covers much the same area as the Hilltops wine region.
Philip Donato is an Australian politician. He has been a Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly since November 2016, representing the electorate of Orange. Donato was a police officer and prosecutor before entering politics, and was elected at a by-election following the resignation of National Party MP Andrew Gee.
This is a list of the candidates of the 2019 New South Wales state election, held on 23 March 2019.
Helen Jennifer Dalton is an Australian politician and member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly since March 2019, representing the electoral district of Murray as a member of the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party.
Royal Francis Butler is an Australian politician who is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for the electoral district of Barwon since March 2019. He is a member of the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party.
This article about an Australian politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |