Mark Lewis (politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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australian politician, born 1957
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Place of Birth: Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia
About Mark Lewis (politician)
- Mark William Lewis (born 27 November 1957) is an Australian politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 2013 to 2017, representing the Mining and Pastoral Region.
- He was made a minister in the government of Colin Barnett in September 2016. Lewis was born in Cunnamulla, a small town in South West Queensland.
- He was raised on a farming and cattle property, and went to a boarding school in Rockhampton before going on to study animal production and health at Gatton Agricultural College (now part of the University of Queensland).
- After graduating, he moved to the Channel Country, where he worked for the veterinary services branch of the state government's Department of Primary Industries.
- In 1996, Lewis moved to Carnarvon, Western Australia, to work for that state's Department of Agriculture and Food.
- He first ran for parliament at the 2008 state election, running in third place on the Liberal ticket in Mining and Pastoral but losing out to other candidates.
- Following the retirement of Norman Moore (the lead Liberal candidate in 2008), Lewis was elevated to second place on the ticket for the 2013 election, and was elected.
- In September 2016, following the resignation of Dean Nalder, he was appointed Minister for Agriculture and Food.
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