Dominic Perrottet

Dominic Perrottet MP
Member of the New South Wales Parliament for Castle Hill
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 March 2011
Preceded by	Michael Richardson
Majority	30.8% (2011)
Personal details
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Liberal Party of Australia
Occupation	Lawyer

Dominic Francis Perrottet MP, an Australian politician, is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Castle Hill for the Liberal Party of Australia since 2011.^[1]

Early life and background

Perottet was born and raised in West Pennant Hills, Sydney.^[2] He was active in student politics whilst studying at Sydney University and campaigned for voluntary student unionism.^[3] He gained first class honours in law and went on to work as a commercial lawyer for Henry Davis York.^[2]

Political career

Perrottet won preselection in November 2010 with the backing of right wing powerbroker David Clarke and has been described as "Clarke's protege."^{[citation needed]} Perottet's association with Clarke assisted his preselection. Clarke battled against Alex Hawke, Federal Member for Mitchell, to gain control of preselections.^[4][5][6]

Perrottet was elected to the very safe Liberal seat with a swing of 12.2 per cent and won the seat with 80.8 per cent of the vote on a two party preferred basis.^[7] His main opponent was Ryan Tracey, representing Labor.

References

1. ^ "Mr Dominic Francis Perrottet, MP". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. 28 April 2011. http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/Prod/parlment/members.nsf/0/75E4961878EA3F2BCA257860007CD891. Retrieved 30 April 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Reece, Heloise (16 November 2010). "Castle Hill says hello to new Liberals' choice". Hills News (Fairfax Media). http://www.hillsnews.com.au/news/local/news/general/castle-hill-says-hello-to-new-liberals-choice/1997669.aspx. Retrieved 30 April 2011. 
3. ^ Ireland, Judith (13 May 2005). "Members only". The Sydney Morning Herald (Fairfax Media). http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Members-only/2005/05/12/1115843315648.html. Retrieved 30 April 2011. 
4. ^ Hall, Louise (27 November 2010). "Liberals finance man quits". The Sydney Morning Herald (Fairfax Media). http://www.smh.com.au/national/liberals-finance-man-quits-20101126-18any.html. Retrieved 30 April 2011. 
5. ^ Bowe, William (2011). "Electorate: Castle Hill". Crikey (Private Media Pty Ltd). http://www.crikey.com.au/nsw2011-castlehill/. Retrieved 30 April 2011. 
6. ^ Brereton, Adam (18 March 2011). "When The Uglies Turned Taliban". New Matilda (Cordell Media Pty Ltd). http://newmatilda.com/2011/03/18/when-uglies-turned-taliban. Retrieved 30 April 2011. 
7. ^ Green, Antony (5 April 2011). "Castle Hill". NSW Votes 2011 (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). http://www.abc.net.au/elections/nsw/2011/guide/cast.htm. Retrieved 11 April 2011. 

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• Mr Dominic Francis PERROTTET, MP - Parliament of New South Wales

Parliament of New South Wales
Preceded by Michael Richardson	Member for Castle Hill 2011 – present	Succeeded by Incumbent

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