Robert Charles "Bob" Baldwin (born 9 March 1955), Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n politician, has been a Liberal

Liberal Party of Australia

The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...

 member of the Australian House of Representatives

Australian House of Representatives

The House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia; it is the lower house; the upper house is the Senate. Members of Parliament serve for terms of approximately three years....

 from March 1996 to October 1998 and again since November 2001, representing the
Division of Paterson

Division of Paterson

The Division of Paterson is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. It is located just north of Newcastle, on the coast of the Pacific Ocean. It extends to the Hunter Valley in the south, the Manning River in the north, and the Great Dividing Range in the west...

 in New South Wales

New South Wales

New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

. He was born in Gloucester

Gloucester

Gloucester is a city, district and county town of Gloucestershire in the South West region of England. Gloucester lies close to the Welsh border, and on the River Severn, approximately north-east of Bristol, and south-southwest of Birmingham....

, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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, and was a company director before entering politics.

He held the position of Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry, Tourism & Resources from January 2006 until December 2007 when the Australian Labor Party

Australian Labor Party

The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...

 was elected to govern Australia. After the election, on 6 December 2007 Opposition Leader Brendan Nelson

Brendan Nelson

Dr Brendan John Nelson is a former Australian politician and former federal Opposition leader. He served as a member of the Australian House of Representatives from the 1996 federal election until 19 October 2009 as the Liberal member for Bradfield, a northern Sydney seat...

 announced that Baldwin would be the new Shadow Minister for Defence Science, Personnel and Assisting Shadow Minister for Defence.

After Malcolm Turnbull

Malcolm Turnbull

Malcolm Bligh Turnbull is an Australian politician. He has been a member of the Australian House of Representatives since 2004, and was Leader of the Opposition and parliamentary leader of the Liberal Party from 16 September 2008 to 1 December 2009.Turnbull has represented the Division...

 became leader, he remained in his job. When the Liberal Party of Australia leadership election, 2009

Liberal Party of Australia leadership election, 2009

An election for the federal parliamentary leader of the Liberal Party of Australia was held on 1 December 2009. The incumbent, Malcolm Turnbull, was defeated by Tony Abbott in a three-way vote of Liberal Party Members of Parliament . Joe Hockey also stood as a candidate...

 was held and Tony Abbott

Tony Abbott

Anthony John "Tony" Abbott is the Leader of the Opposition in the Australian House of Representatives and federal leader of the centre-right Liberal Party of Australia. Abbott has represented the seat of Warringah since the 1994 by-election...

 replaced Turnbull he kept his roles.

On 14 September 2010 after the Australian federal election, 2010 he was promoted to Shadow Minister for Regional Development and Shadow Minister for Tourism.

On 16 April 2008 he represented the Federal Opposition leader, Brendan Nelson

Brendan Nelson

Dr Brendan John Nelson is a former Australian politician and former federal Opposition leader. He served as a member of the Australian House of Representatives from the 1996 federal election until 19 October 2009 as the Liberal member for Bradfield, a northern Sydney seat...

 at the commemoration service for HMAS Sydney

HMAS Sydney (1934)

HMAS Sydney , named for the Australian city of Sydney, was one of three Modified Leander class light cruisers operated by the Royal Australian Navy...

 and HSK Kormoran

German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran

The German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran was a Kriegsmarine merchant raider of World War II. Originally the merchant vessel Steiermark, the ship was acquired by the Kriegsmarine following the outbreak of war for conversion into a raider...

 personnel who lost their lives on 19 November 1941.

Ministerial Appointments

• 27 January 2006 - 3 December 2007 - Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources

Committee Service

House of Representatives Standing:

• 29 May 1996 - 9 October 2006 - Communications, Transport and Microeconomic Reform
• 29 May 1996 - 24 September 1997 - Industry, Science and Technology
• 29 May 1996 - 29 September 1997 - Primary Industries, Resources and Rural and Regional Affairs
• 20 March 2002 - 31 August 2004 - Communications, Information Technology and the Arts (Chair from 9 October 2003)
• 1 December 2004 - 27 January 2006 - Members' Interests
• 1 December 2004 - 27 January 2006 - House

Joint Standing:

• 18 June 1996 - 31 August 1998 - Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade
• 20 March 2002 - 31 August 2004 - Treaties
• 20 March 2002 - 27 January 2006 - Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade
• 1 December 2004 - 27 January 2006 - Public Accounts and Audit (Chair from 6 December 2004)
• from 7 March 2008 - Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade
• from 7 March 2008 - Public Accounts and Audit

Joint Statutory:

• 1 December 2004 - 15 October 2007 - Broadcasting of Parliamentary Proceedings
• from 11 March 2008 - Public Accounts and Audit

Parliamentary Party positions

• from 6 December 2007 - Shadow Minister for Defence Science, Personnel
• from 6 December 2007 - Assisting Shadow Minister for Defence
• from 14 September 2010 - Shadow Minister for Tourism, Shadow Minister for Regional Development

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