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Members Of The Australian House Of Representatives, 2004–2007
This is a list of members of the Australian House of Representatives from 2004 to 2007, as elected at the 2004 federal election, together known as the 41st Parliament. It had a total of 150 members, comprising 74 , 1 Country Liberal and 12 members, together forming a Coalition majority government with 87 members. had 60 members and there were 3 independents. : The Labor member for Werriwa, former opposition leader Mark Latham, resigned on 18 January 2005 citing health concerns. The Labor candidate Chris Hayes won the resulting by-election on 19 March. : Franklin MP Harry Quick Harry Vernon Quick (28 June 1941 – 19 October 2024) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Australian House of Representatives, House of Representatives from 1993 until 2007, representing the electorate of Division of Franklin, ... was expelled from the Labor Party on 20 August 2007 for failing to pay dues to the party. He served out the remainder of his term as an independ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian House Of Representatives
The House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Australia, the upper house being the Australian Senate, Senate. Its composition and powers are set out in Chapter I of the Constitution of Australia. The term of members of the House of Representatives is a maximum of three years from the date of the first sitting of the House, but on only 1910 Australian federal election, one occasion since Federation has the maximum term been reached. The House is almost always dissolved earlier, usually alone but sometimes in a double dissolution alongside the whole Senate. Elections for members of the House of Representatives have always been held in conjunction with those for the Senate since the 1970s. A member of the House may be referred to as a "Member of Parliament" ("MP" or "Member"), while a member of the Senate is usually referred to as a "senator". Under the conventions of the Westminster system, the Australian Government, government of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division Of Calare
The Division of Calare ( or ) is an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives, Australian electoral division in the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales. Geography Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned. History The division was first contested at the 1906 Australian federal election, 1906 election; created to replace the abolished Division of Canobolas, and is named for the local Aboriginal Australians, Aboriginal name for the Lachlan River, which runs through the western part of the division. The Aboriginal name is pronounced Kal-''ah''-ree, but the pronunciation Kul-''air'' is estab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division Of Deakin
The Division of Deakin is an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives, Australian Electoral Division in Victoria (Australia), Victoria. Geography Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned. When the division was created in 1937, it replaced areas previously in the Division of Corio and Division of Flinders. It included areas north of Melbourne such as Whittlesea, Victoria, Whittlesea, Broadford, Victoria, Broadford and Seymour, Victoria, Seymour, areas in the north east of Melbourne such as the Yarra Valley, Yea, Victoria, Yea, Alexandra, Victoria, Alexandra and Mansfield, Victoria, Mansfield, and areas east of Melb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Barresi
Phillip Anthony Barresi (; born 8 August 1955) is a former Australian politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1996 to 2007, representing the Victorian seat of Deakin for the Liberal Party. Prior to entering politics he was a registered psychologist and worked in human resources and industrial relations. Early life Barresi was born on 8 August 1955 in Patti, Sicily, Italy. He spent his earliest years in the town of Falcone, arriving in Australia in 1960. He holds the degree of Bachelor of Arts from the Australian National University and a graduate diploma in applied social psychology from Swinburne Institute of Technology. Barresi became a registered psychologist. Before entering politics he worked as a training officer with Victorian Railways, as a human resources and industrial relations manager, and as a consultant. Politics Barresi served as president of the Liberal Party's Boroondara branch from 1992 to 1995. He was elected to the House of Repre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division Of Paterson
The Division of Paterson is an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives, Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. It is located just north of Newcastle, New South Wales, Newcastle, on the coast of the Tasman Sea. The division is named after Federation of Australia, federation-era poet and author Banjo Paterson and was originally created in 1949 and abolished in 1984. It was recreated after a redistribution in 1992. The division is centred on the lower Hunter Region, Hunter Valley and the outer suburbs of Greater Newcastle. It includes the city of Maitland, New South Wales, Maitland and the towns of Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, Kurri Kurri, Nelson Bay, New South Wales, Nelson Bay, Raymond Terrace, New South Wales, Raymond Terrace and Salamander Bay. It covers most of the Port Stephens Council, Port Stephens, and City of Maitland, Maitland local government areas along with a small outer part of the City of Newcastle and parts of the northern end ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Baldwin (politician)
Robert Charles Baldwin (born 9 March 1955) is a former Australian politician who was a member of the Australian House of Representatives for Paterson in New South Wales from March 1996 to October 1998 and again from November 2001 until May 2016, representing the Liberal Party. Baldwin served in the Abbott Ministry as a Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry from September 2013 to December 2014; and as a Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for the Environment from December 2014 to September 2015. Background and early years Baldwin was born in Gloucester, England. At the age of three, he moved with his family to Australia, arriving at the Villawood migrant camp in Sydney. His family were not well off, with Baldwin in his final parliamentary speech reflecting on the fact "I would have been happy to sit on a fruit box with a clipboard as my desk, such is the honour to be the 889th person ever elected to the House of Representatives in just on 95 years.". Baldw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division Of Braddon
The Division of Braddon is an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives, Australian electoral division in the States and territories of Australia, state of Tasmania. The current MP is Anne Urquhart of the Australian Labor Party, Labor Party, who was elected at the 2025 Australian federal election, 2025 federal election. Braddon is a rural electorate covering approximately in the north-west and west of Tasmania, including King Island (Tasmania), King Island. The cities of and are major population centres in the division. Other towns include , , , , , , , , , , , and . Braddon has traditionally been a marginal seat. However, in 2022 Australian federal election, 2022 the trend was broken, with Braddon becoming a "fairly safe" seat for the first time in twelve years, with the Liberal Party of Australia, Liberal Party holding it while losing government nationally. In 2025, large swings towards the Labor Party saw Anne Urquhart gain the seat for Labor. Geography Sinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Baker (Australian Politician)
Mark Horden Baker (born 31 December 1958) is an Australian politician. He was elected as a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian House of Representatives in October 2004, for the Division of Braddon, Tasmania. He was educated in Tasmania, and holds various trade and academic qualifications. In the past, his community involvement has included member of both the Devonport and Launceston Chamber of Commerce; the Motor Neurone Disease Association of Tasmania; he has also been a board member of the Tasmanian Football Club in 2002. In 2002 Mark was elected President of the Road Trauma Support Team Tasmania. He has worked as a carpenter/joiner, a teacher, and most recently, as a financial adviser. He was defeated for reelection in 2007 by Labor's Sid Sidebottom Peter Sid Sidebottom (born 23 April 1951) is an Australian former politician. Sidebottom was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing the Division of Braddo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division Of Cook
The Division of Cook is an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives, Australian electoral division in the States and territories of Australia, State of New South Wales. History Cook was created in 1969, mostly out of the Liberal Party of Australia, Liberal-leaning areas of neighbouring Division of Hughes, Hughes. It was thus a natural choice for that seat's one-term Liberal member, Don Dobie, to transfer after the creation of Cook erased his majority in Hughes. The division was originally named in honour of James Cook, who mapped the east coast of Australia in 1770. In 2006, the Australian Electoral Commission's Redistribution Committee for New South Wales proposed that the division be jointly named for Joseph Cook, Prime Minister of Australia from 1913 to 1914, but this did not eventuate at the time. In 2024, the namesake was finally altered to be joint between both men, to give recognition to Joseph Cook and have a division named after him like other former Prim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Baird
Bruce George Baird AM (born 28 February 1942), is an Australian former politician whose career included a stint as Deputy Leader of the New South Wales Liberal Party and as a Member of the Australian House of Representatives for Cook. Early life Baird grew up in Cronulla, where his father owned the local shoe store. He was educated at Winston College, Cronulla Public School and Sutherland Intermediate High School, before studying for a Bachelor of Arts at University of Sydney. He later studied at University of Melbourne, holding a master's degree in business administration from the latter. He was Assistant Trade Commissioner at the Australian Embassy in Bonn, Germany, from 1972–1976, then Trade Commissioner at the Australian Consulate-General in New York, 1977–1980. He was Government Affairs Manager for Esso Australia 1980–1984. Political career Baird was elected as member for the electorate of Northcott in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1984. He was appoin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division Of McEwen
The Division of McEwen is an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives, Australian Electoral Division in the States and territories of Australia, state of Victoria (Australia), Victoria. Classed as a rural seat, the electorate is located in the centre of the state, north of its capital city Melbourne, though it also includes the newly-developed Melbourne suburbs of Mernda, Victoria, Mernda, Doreen, Victoria, Doreen and Donnybrook, Victoria, Donnybrook. Geography Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned. When it was first created in 1984, the division covered the outer northern suburbs of Melbourne and a large area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fran Bailey
Frances Esther Bailey (born 21 May 1946) is a former Australian politician. She is a member of the Liberal Party and served in the House of Representatives from 1990 to 1993 and 1996 to 2010, representing the Division of McEwen in Victoria. She held ministerial office in the Howard government as Minister for Employment Services (2004) and Small Business and Tourism (2004–2007). Early life Bailey was born in Brisbane and attended All Hallows' School there, where she was regarded as a champion swimmer.Gleeson, Peter. (27 November 2004). "Minister to rekindle Coast affair". ''The Gold Coast Bulletin'', Southport, Queensland. p20. She graduated from the University of Queensland"Life so far for an All Hallows girl" (26 October 2004). ''The Gold Coast Bulletin'', Southport, Queensland. p5. and Kelvin Grove Teachers' College, later studying sociology at La Trobe University. Bailey worked as a secondary school teacher, retailer and cashmere goat breeder before entering politics. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
