Preceded by Carmel Tebbutt Preceded by George Souris Nationality Australian | Constituency Oxley Preceded by Bruce Jeffery Name Andrew Stoner Succeeded by Troy Grant | |
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Preceded by Eric Roozendaal (as Minister for State and Regional Development) Full Name Andrew John Stoner Born 14 January 1960 (age 64) Brisbane, Queensland ( 1960-01-14 ) Role Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Party National Party of Australia Office Deputy Premier of New South Wales since 2011 | ||
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Andrew John Stoner (born 14 January 1960), a former Australian politician, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Oxley from 1999 state election to 2015.
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- Coal seam gas andrew stoner abc news 22 february 2013
- Andrew Stoner has been a Member of New South Wales Legislative Assembly
- Biography
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Stoner was the Leader of the New South Wales National Party from 2003 to 2014, and Deputy Premier of New South Wales from 2011 to 2014. He was the Minister for Trade and Investment, and Minister for Regional Infrastructure and Services, between 2011 and 2014; and the Minister for Tourism and Major Events, the Minister for Small Business, and the Minister for the North Coast, between April and October 2014 in the Baird government.
Andrew Stoner has been a Member of New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Biography
Stoner was born in 1960 in Brisbane, Queensland, before his family moved to Grafton, New South Wales. He attended the Queensland Institute of Technology from 1979 to 1985, receiving a Bachelor of Business, and later James Cook University of North Queensland in 1993, receiving a Master of Business Administration with first class honours. He became an employment agency manager and a regional manager in the Australian Public Service before entering parliament.
Stoner joined the National Party of Australia and was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly on 27 March 1999 for Oxley. He was appointed the National Party Deputy Whip in his first term in office and rose to become Shadow Minister for Emergency Services and Shadow Minister for Sport and Recreation from 2002 to 2003. However, after the Liberal-National Coalition lost the 2003 election, the then Nationals leader George Souris stood aside and Stoner was elected in his place.
Stoner helped lead the Coalition to a landslide victory in the 2011 state election. The Liberals won a majority in their own right for the first time ever under the Liberal banner (51 seats). Although O'Farrell could have theoretically governed alone, he chose to retain the coalition with the Nationals. In a departure from normal practice, O'Farrell and Stoner were sworn in as an interim two-man government on 28 March even though counting was still underway.
In a 2013 interview marking his ten–year anniversary as leader of the Nationals, Stoner reflected that:
Owing to the resignation of Barry O'Farrell as Premier, and the subsequent ministerial reshuffle by Mike Baird, in April 2014 in addition to his existing responsibilities as a minister, Stoner was appointed as the Minister for Tourism and Major Events, as the Minister for Small Business, and as the Minister for the North Coast. On 15 October, Stoner abruptly resigned as National Party leader and as deputy premier, citing family reasons. He also announced he would retire from politics at the next election. Troy Grant was elected unopposed as his successor.