Gary Gray (politician)
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The Honourable Gary Gray AO |
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| Minister for Resources and Energy | |
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In office 25 March 2013 – 18 September 2013 |
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| Prime Minister |
Julia Gillard Kevin Rudd |
| Preceded by | Martin Ferguson |
| Succeeded by | Ian Macfarlane |
| Minister for Tourism | |
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In office 25 March 2013 – 18 September 2013 |
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| Prime Minister |
Julia Gillard Kevin Rudd |
| Preceded by | Martin Ferguson |
| Succeeded by | Position Abolished |
| Minister for Small Business | |
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In office 25 March 2013 – 18 September 2013 |
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| Prime Minister |
Julia Gillard Kevin Rudd |
| Preceded by | Chris Bowen |
| Succeeded by | Bruce Billson |
| Special Minister of State | |
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In office 14 September 2010 – 25 March 2013 |
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| Prime Minister | Julia Gillard |
| Preceded by | Joe Ludwig |
| Succeeded by | Mark Dreyfus |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Brand |
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In office 24 November 2007 – 9 May 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Kim Beazley |
| Succeeded by | Madeleine King |
| National Secretary of the Australian Labor Party |
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In office 1993–1999 |
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| Succeeded by | Geoff Walsh |
| Personal details | |
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30 April 1958 Rotherham, Yorkshire, UK |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Spouse(s) | Deborah Walsh |
| Relations | Peter Walsh (father-in-law) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Australian National University |
Gary Gray AO (born 30 April 1958), former Australian politician, was the Australian Labor Party representative for the Division of Brand in Western Australia in the Australian House of Representatives, from 2007 to 2016. On 25 March 2013, Gray was appointed to the Australian Cabinet as the Minister for Resources and Energy, the Minister for Tourism, and the Minister for Small Business. From 2010 until 2013, Gray served as the Special Minister of State and the Minister for the Public Service and Integrity.
In 1981, Gray graduated with a degree in economics from Australian National University in Canberra. He was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2003.
He was born in Rotherham, Yorkshire, England, and emigrated to Australia with his family in 1966, settling in state housing in Whyalla, South Australia. Gray attended Whyalla High School, where he was the dux of his graduating year in 1976. After finishing high school he worked at the local BHP steelworks, and then at the Savings Bank of South Australia. He joined the Labor Party in 1974, and in May 1981, after graduating from the Australian National University with a degree in economics, he moved to Darwin.
From then until May 1985 he was the assistant to Northern Territory opposition leader Bob Collins. He became a national organiser in March 1986, in which capacity he worked on every state Labor campaign between 1986 and 1993 and initiated the National Marginal Seats Campaign. During this time he met and married his wife Deborah, the daughter of former Labor finance minister Peter Walsh.
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