Michael Hart (Australian politician)

Last updated

Michael Hart

MP
Shadow Minister for Housing and Public Works
In office
15 December 2017 15 November 2020
Leader Deb Frecklington
Preceded by Stephen Bennett
Succeeded by Tim Mander
Shadow Minister for Energy
In office
6 May 2016 15 November 2020
Leader Tim Nicholls
Deb Frecklington
Preceded by Andrew Powell
Succeeded by Pat Weir
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Burleigh
Assumed office
24 March 2012
Preceded by Christine Smith
Personal details
Born
Michael James Hart

(1960-06-19) 19 June 1960 (age 60)
Bega, New South Wales, Australia
Political party Liberal National Party of Queensland

Michael James Hart (born 19 June 1960) is an Australian Liberal National politician who is the member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Burleigh, having defeated Christine Smith at the 2012 state election [1] then being re-elected at the 31 January election in 2015.

Michael was born in Bega on 19 June 1960. Before his entry into the Queensland parliament he was the company director and CEO of Mastercut Technologies. He is a qualified aircraft maintenance engineer. He is a longtime follower and supporter of Surf Life Saving Queensland, having been president of the Pacific Life Saving Club in his electorate in 2011–2012 and subsequently the patron of the South Coast branch of SLSQ. [2]

Michael moved to the Gold Coast in 1986 with his family, including wife Sally and three children Tim, Hayden and Jessica. [3]

In his maiden speech in government he emphasized his belief in small government with minimal regulation, stating "I believe good government needs to ensure the population is secure from interference from the actions of others. If a government just does that one thing, I believe it succeeds." [4]

He was appointed Shadow Minister for Energy, Biofuels and Water Supply in May 2016 and served on the Infrastructure Planning and Natural Resources parliamentary committee in 2012 and was Deputy Chair of the committee in 2015-2016 (June).

He was the Shadow Minister for Housing and Public Works, Shadow Minister for Energy and Shadow Minister for Innovation and Digital Technology until November 2020. [2]

Related Research Articles

Anthony Albanese Opposition Leader of Australia

Anthony Norman Albanese is an Australian politician serving as Leader of the Opposition and leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) since 2019. He has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Grayndler since 1996. Albanese was Deputy Prime Minister of Australia in 2013 and a Cabinet Minister in the Rudd and Gillard Governments from 2007 to 2013.

Kevin Andrews (politician)

Kevin James Andrews is an Australian politician and member of the Liberal Party of Australia. He is currently a backbench Member of the House of Representatives for the seat of Menzies, to which he was first elected at the 1991 by-election. Andrews is a conservative and a Catholic.

Steven Ciobo Australian politician

Steven Michele Ciobo is a retired Australian politician who represented the Division of Moncrieff in the House of Representatives from the 2001 federal election until his retirement at the 2019 election. He was a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland, and sat with the Liberal Party in federal parliament. On 1 March 2019 Ciobo announced his decision to retire from politics at the 2019 federal election.

Joe Hockey Australian politician

Joseph Benedict Hockey is an Australian politician and diplomat. He was the Member of Parliament for North Sydney from 1996 until 2015. He was the Treasurer of Australia in the Abbott Government from 18 September 2013 until September 2015 when he resigned from Cabinet, having refused an alternative offer from the incoming Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull. He previously served as the Minister for Human Services and Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations in the Howard Government. He also served as Ambassador of Australia to the United States from January 2016 until January 2020.

Bob Katter Australian politician

Robert Bellarmine Carl Katter is an Australian politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives since 1993. He was previously active in Queensland state politics from 1974 to 1992. Katter was a member of the National Party until 2001, when he left to sit as an independent. He formed his own party, Katter's Australian Party, in 2011.

Sussan Ley Australian politician

Sussan Penelope Ley is an Australian Liberal Party politician serving as Minister for the Environment since 2019, and has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Farrer since 2001.

Ian Macfarlane (politician)

Ian Elgin Macfarlane is a former Australian politician who was a member of the House of Representatives from 1998 to 2016, representing the Liberal Party. He served as a minister in the Howard and Abbott Governments.

Tony Burke Australian politician

Anthony Stephen Burke is an Australian Labor Party politician serving as Manager of Opposition Business since 2013, and has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Watson since 2004. He was a Cabinet Minister under Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard from 2007 to 2013.

Barnaby Joyce Australian politician

Barnaby Thomas Gerard Joyce is an Australian politician. He served as the leader of the National Party from February 2016 to February 2018, and was Deputy Prime Minister of Australia from February 2016 to October 2017 and from December 2017 to February 2018.

Mark Francis McArdle is an Australian politician and former Deputy Leader of the Opposition in Queensland. He was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland between 2004 and 2020, representing the electorate of Caloundra on the Sunshine Coast. Initially a Liberal Party member, in 2007 he became the party leader and the following year oversaw a merger with the National Party that produced the Liberal National Party.

David Gibson (Australian politician) Australian politician

David Francis Gibson is a former Australian politician who served as the 18th member for Gympie in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2006 to 2015. In January 2015 Gibson retired from State politics.

Craig Kelly is an Australian politician, serving as the member for the Division of Hughes in the Australian House of Representatives since the 2010 federal election. Kelly was a member of the Liberal Party's right-wing faction, before resigning from the party in February 2021 to sit on the crossbench as an independent politician.

Karen Andrews Australian politician

Karen Lesley Andrews is an Australian politician serving as Minister for Home Affairs in the Morrison Government since 2021. Andrews previously served as Minister for Industry, Science and Technology from 2018 to 2021. She is a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland and has represented the Queensland seat of McPherson since the 2010 federal election. Andrews sits as a Liberal and previously served as an assistant minister in the Abbott and Turnbull Governments. Before entering politics she was a mechanical engineer and industrial relations consultant.

Verity Mary Barton is an Australian politician. She was the LNP member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Broadwater from 2012 to 2017. She defeated Peta-Kaye Croft at the 2012 state election and was re-elected at the 2015 election, before losing LNP preselection for the 2017 election to former MP David Crisafulli.

Trevor John Watts is an Australian Liberal National politician who is the member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Toowoomba North, having defeated Kerry Shine at the 2012 state election.

John McVeigh (politician) Australian politician

John Joseph McVeigh is a former Australian politician. He was elected to the House of Representatives at the 2016 federal election, representing the Division of Groom. He was a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland and sat in the Liberal party room. During the Turnbull Government he served in cabinet as Minister for Regional Development, Territories and Local Government from 2017 to 2018. He previously served in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2012 to 2016 and was Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry under Premier Campbell Newman.

Keith Pitt Australian politician

Keith John Pitt is an Australian politician who has been the Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia in the Morrison Government since February 2020. He is a member of the National Party and has represented the Division of Hinkler in Queensland since the 2013 federal election. He was an electrical engineer and businessman before entering politics.

David Speirs

David James Speirs is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal member of the South Australian House of Assembly since the 2014 state election, representing first Bright until 2018 and Black thereafter. Speirs has served as the Minister for Environment and Water in the Marshall Ministry since 22 March 2018.

Jim Madden Australian politician

James Edward Madden is an Australian politician. He has been the Labor member for Ipswich West in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2015.

Meaghan Alana Jenkins Scanlon is an Australian politician and lawyer. She has been the Labor member for Gaven in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2017.

References

  1. "Burleigh - Queensland Votes 2012 - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". www.abc.net.au. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Mr Michael Hart". Current Members. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original on 12 March 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  3. "Michael Hart MP - State Member for Burleigh". www.michaelhartmp.com.au. Archived from the original on 18 May 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  4. "Michael Hart MP Maiden Speech". Archived from the original on 15 August 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by
Christine Smith
Member for Burleigh
2012–present
Incumbent