Anthony Byrne - Member for Holt

Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister; Parliamentary Secretary for Trade

Parliament House

Tel:

(02) 6277 4309

Fax:

(02) 6277 8473

Email:

Email Anthony

Holt Electorate Office

Shop HM 2B
8 - 10 Overland Dve
Fountain Gate VIC 3805

Tel:

(03) 9796 7533

Fax:

(03) 9796 7088

Web:

http://www.anthonybyrnemp.com

Biography

Anthony Byrne was elected as the Federal Member for Holt in a by-election in 1999, and re-elected in 2001 and 2004.

Appointed as Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs in December 2006, Anthony is also Deputy Chair of the Joint Statutory Committee on Intelligence and Security.

Anthony is a member of the ALP Caucus Committee on Security and Defence. He has also served on several parliamentary committees, including the Joint Parliamentary Foreign Affairs and Trade Committee.

Prior to entering Parliament, Anthony was Chief Executive Officer of a mental health foundation and an adviser to Senator Jacinta Collins.

Anthony was born in Adelaide and spent his early childhood in the Goldfields of Kalgoorlie, where he was educated at local schools and through the School of the Air. He later returned to Adelaide and attended Christian Brothers College.

Anthony now lives in Endeavour Hills. He has a daughter and son, both currently at secondary school.

Anthony was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister upon the election of the Rudd Labor Government in December 2007. On 25 February 2009, he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Trade in addition to his existing duties.

Electorate Profile

State: Victoria (Outer Metropolitan)

Name: Named after Harold Edward Holt (1908-1967), Prime Minister (1966-1967), who disappeared in 1967 while swimming off Portsea Beach.

Area and Location Description: It covers an area of approximately 145 sq km extending in a strip from Lysterfield South in the north to Cranbourne in the south. The main suburbs include Cranbourne, Cranbourne East, Cranbourne North, Cranbourne West, Doveton, Endeavour Hills, Eumemmerring, Hallam, Hampton Park, Lynbrook, Narre Warren South and parts of Berwick, Clyde, Clyde North, Lyndhurst, Lysterfield, Lysterfield South, Narre Warren and Narre Warren North.

Products/Industries of the area: Light industry.

First Proclaimed/Election: 1968

Members:

• Anthony Byrne (ALP) 1999 –
• G J Evans (ALP) 1996-99
• M J Duffy (ALP) 1980-96
• W Yates (LP) 1975-80
• M W Oldmeadow (ALP) 1972-75
• S L Reid (LP) 1969-72