Member of the Australian House of Representatives

Andrew Gee

House of Representatives · Independent

Calare, NSWFirst elected 2016
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Biography

Andrew Robert Gee (born 13 September 1968) is an Australian politician. He has held the Division of Calare in the House of Representatives since 2016, representing the National Party until December 2022 when he resigned to sit as an independent in opposition to the party's opposition to an Indigenous Voice to Parliament. In the 2025 election, he was re-elected to the seat as an Independent. Gee is a lawyer by profession. He served in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 2011 to 2016, representing the seat of Orange. He was elected to the House of Representatives at the 2016 federal election. From 2020 to 2022 he held ministerial office in the Morrison government, serving as…

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Date of birth
1968-09-13
Place of birth
Wagga Wagga, Australia
APH identifier
261393

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    Official record

    Parliamentary and professional history

    Current and senior roles

    • 5 June 2022–23 December 2022Shadow Minister — for — Regional Health
    • 5 June 2022–23 December 2022Shadow Minister — for — Regional Education
    • 5 June 2022–23 December 2022Shadow Minister — for — Regional Development, Local Government and Territories
    • 2 July 2021–23 May 2022Minister — for — Veterans' Affairs
    • 2 July 2021–23 May 2022Minister — for — Defence Personnel
    • 2 July 2021–23 May 2022Cabinet Minister
    • 6 February 2020–2 July 2021Minister — for — Decentralisation and Regional Education
    • 6 February 2020–2 July 2021Minister — Assisting the — Minister for Trade and Investment

    Committee service

    • 1 August 2022–presentJoint Standing — Trade and Investment Growth
    • 11 September 2018–11 April 2019House of Representatives Standing — Environment and Energy — Chair
    • 14 September 2016–1 July 2019Joint Statutory — Public Accounts and Audit
    • 14 September 2016–11 April 2019House of Representatives Standing — Procedure

    Qualifications

    • Date not recordedLLB
    • Date not recordedBEc(Hons)

    Occupations

    • 1 January 2003–1 January 2011Barrister from 2003 to 2011.

    Current parliamentary service

    1. 2025 PresentRe-elected 2025Source
    2. 2022 2025Re-elected 2022Source
    3. 2019 2022Re-elected 2019Source
    4. 2016 2019Elected to the House of Representatives for Calare, New South Wales, 2016.Source

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