Trevor Khan

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B Juris LLB(UNSW) MLC
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Trevor John Khan is an Australian politican and National Party of Australia member of the New South Wales Legislative Council. Khan has been a member of the Council since 24 March 2007.cite web
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title=The Hon. Trevor John KHAN, B Juris LLB(UNSW) MLC - NSW Parliament
publisher=www.parliament.nsw.gov.au
accessdate=2008-09-13
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Khan attended Illawarra Grammar School in Wollongong from 1962 to 1975. Whilst attending school, his teachers were able to identify that he had a reading disability called dyslexia. Khan was put through a special reading program at that school and was able to leave school with a Higher School Certificate in 1975. [http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/members.nsf/72d0ddea395c958cca2572ba0023fc76/b7acbe5a35c5f302ca2572ba0082826d/$FILE/Khan%20Inaugral%20Speech.pdf]

After school, he was employed as a Personel Officer and was also an Industrial Relations Officer for Australian Paper Manufacturers. He attended the University of New South Wales and obtain a Bachelor of Jurisdiction and a Bachelor of Laws from that University. He was subsequently admitted as a lawyer of the Supreme Court of New South Wales in 1985. [Who's Who Australia 2008]

He was employed in a law firm and eventually became a partner in Egan Murphy solicitors 1990, a role he retained until his election to Parliament. As a lawyer, he was a member of the Family Issues Committee of the New South Wales Law Society.

In 2004, he unsuccessfully stood as the Nationals candidate in the regional NSW seat of New England in the Australian federal election. [cite web
url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/09/1094530739622.html
title=Latham wants Eureka flag: Anderson - Breaking News
publisher=The Age
accessdate=2008-09-14
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url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2004/06/04/1124272.htm
title=Former health service chairman slams merger plan
publisher=ABC News
accessdate=2008-09-14
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Khan was number eight on the joint Liberal/National election ticket for the 2007 New South Wales state election. [http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/40026/LC_2007_Candidate_Sequence.pdf] He was last of the twenty one members to be elected at that election. [http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/40014/LC_2007_Party_Group_Endorsement_Result.pdf]

In Parliament he is the Deputy Chair of the Standing Committee on Social Issues and is also a Member of the General Purpose Standing Committee.

He is married to Elizabeth (Libby) and has two children.

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External links

* [http://www.trevorkhan.com.au/ TrevorKhan.com.au] - Official site