Tony Burke - Member for Watson

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

Parliament House

Suite M1 26
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600

Tel:

(02) 6277 7520

Fax:

(02) 6273 4120

Electorate Office

Suite G03
1-5 Commercial Road
Kingsgrove NSW 2208

Tel:

(02) 9554 3808

Fax:

(02) 9554 3504

Email:

Email Tony

Postal Address:

PO Box 324
Kingsgrove NSW 1480

Web:

http://www.tonyburke.com.au/

Biography

Tony Burke was elected to Federal Parliament in 2004 as the Member for Watson.

Tony Burke has a background in Small Business and in Industrial Relations. He was a founding director of Aticus Pty Ltd and later worked as a union official for the SDA.

He was appointed as Shadow Minister for Small Business on election to the Australian Parliament in 2004. In June 2005, Tony became the Shadow Minister for Immigration and in late 2006, his portfolio was expanded to include Integration and Citizenship.

Before entering Federal Parliament, Tony served as a member of the NSW Legislative Council. During his time there Tony chaired the NSW State Development Committee, conducting inquiries into Ports Infrastructure and into Science and its Commercialisation in NSW.

Tony has degrees in Arts and Law from the University of Sydney and is a former National President of Australian Young Labor.

Tony is Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry in the Rudd Labor Government.

Electorate Profile

State: New South Wales

Name Derivation: Named after John Watson 1867-1941, Prime Minister of Australia 27 April-12 August 1904.

Area and Location Description: Watson covers an area of approximately 37 sq km from Belfield and Campsie in the north to Hurstville in the south, Earlwood in the east and Punchbowl in the west. The main suburbs include Bardwell Park, Belmore, Campsie, Clemton Park, Earlwood, Roselands, Wiley Park and parts of Belfield, Beverly Hills, Bexley, Bexley North, Canterbury, Carlton, Hurstville, Kingsgrove, Lakemba, Narwee, Penshurst, Punchbowl and Riverwood.

Products/Industries of the Area: Light manufacturing and service industries.

First Proclaimed/Election: 1992/1993 (Watson became a division in 1992 but was previously known as St George which became a division in 1948.)

Demographic Rating: Inner Metropolitan

Members:

• BURKE, T (ALP) 2004-
• MCLEAY, L (ALP) 1993-2004