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Preceded by
  
Website
  
www.rossvasta.com.au

Resigned
  
November 24, 2007

Occupation
  
Company director

Succeeded by
  
Nationality
  
Australian

Education
  
Preceded by
  
Seat created

Name
  
Ross Vasta


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Born
  
8 October 1966 (age 58) Melbourne, Australia (
1966-10-08
)

Role
  
Former Member of the Australian House of Representatives

Previous office
  
Member of the Australian Parliament (2004–2007)

Political party
  
Liberal Party of Australia, Liberal National Party of Queensland

Profiles

Ross vasta mp on the diamond jubilee


Ross Xavier Vasta (born 8 October 1966), Australian politician, was elected to the House of Representatives as member for the Division of Bonner, Queensland for the Liberal Party of Australia at the 2004 federal election. He defeated the former Labor minister and candidate Con Sciacca.

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Vasta, who is the son of Angelo Vasta, a former judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland, was educated at Villanova College in the Brisbane suburb of Coorparoo, and attended Griffith University, where he graduated with a commerce degree. He started and operated three Italian cuisine restaurants named Elio's and worked as a company director before entering politics. At the 2001 federal election, Vasta was the Liberal Party candidate for the Division of Griffith. He was defeated by the sitting member, Kevin Rudd, who in November 2007, became Prime Minister of Australia.

Vasta was a member of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Employment, Workplace Relations and Workforce Participation, the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Health and Ageing, and the Government Backbench Policy Committee – Health and Ageing.

In the Australian federal election, 2007, Vasta was defeated by Labor candidate Kerry Rea on a swing of 4.75 points, the lowest against a Liberal incumbent in Queensland.

Following his election defeat, Vasta successfully contested Liberal Party preselection for the Brisbane City Council ward of Wynnum-Manly in Brisbane's east. He was defeated by the Labor incumbent, polling 36% of the primary vote.

Vasta decided once again to stand for election as Liberal National Party candidate at the Australian federal election, 2010 for Bonner. On 21 August, he defeated the woman who had defeated him in 2007, Labor Incumbent Kerry Rea, by a 53% to 47% margin. Vasta achieved a 7-point swing towards him, one of the highest to any Liberal candidate in Queensland.

Ross vasta marks the diamond jubilee


References

Ross Vasta Wikipedia


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