Trevor Khan
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Trevor John Khan is an Australia
n politician 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.
Khan attended Illawarra Grammar School in Wollongong
from 1962 to 1975. Whilst attending school, his teachers were able to identify that he had 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.
After school, he was employed as a Personnel Officer and was also an Industrial Relations Officer for Australian Paper Manufacturers. He attended the University of New South Wales
and completed a Bachelor of Jurisprudence 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.
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.
Khan was number eight on the joint Liberal/National election ticket for the 2007 New South Wales state election. He was last of the twenty one members to be elected at that election.
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.
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 and National Party of Australia
National Party of Australia
The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...
member of the New South Wales Legislative Council
New South Wales Legislative Council
The New South Wales Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of the parliament of New South Wales in Australia. The other is the Legislative Assembly. Both sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney. The Assembly is referred to as the lower house and the Council as...
. Khan has been a member of the Council since 24 March 2007.
Khan attended Illawarra Grammar School in Wollongong
Wollongong, New South Wales
Wollongong is a seaside city located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. It lies on the narrow coastal strip between the Illawarra Escarpment and the Pacific Ocean, 82 kilometres south of Sydney...
from 1962 to 1975. Whilst attending school, his teachers were able to identify that he had dyslexia
Dyslexia
Dyslexia is a very broad term defining a learning disability that impairs a person's fluency or comprehension accuracy in being able to read, and which can manifest itself as a difficulty with phonological awareness, phonological decoding, orthographic coding, auditory short-term memory, or rapid...
. Khan was put through a special reading program at that school and was able to leave school with a Higher School Certificate in 1975.
After school, he was employed as a Personnel Officer and was also an Industrial Relations Officer for Australian Paper Manufacturers. He attended the University of New South Wales
University of New South Wales
The University of New South Wales , is a research-focused university based in Kensington, a suburb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
and completed a Bachelor of Jurisprudence and a Bachelor of Laws from that university. He was subsequently admitted as a lawyer of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
Supreme Court of New South Wales
The Supreme Court of New South Wales is the highest state court of the Australian State of New South Wales...
in 1985.
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
Division of New England
The Division of New England is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. It is located in the north-east of the state, adjoining the border with Queensland. It includes such towns as Armidale, Ashford, Barraba, Bingara, Bundarra, Glen Innes, Gunnedah, Guyra, Inverell,...
in the Australian federal election.
Khan was number eight on the joint Liberal/National election ticket for the 2007 New South Wales state election. He was last of the twenty one members to be elected at that election.
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.
External links
- TrevorKhan.com.au - Official site