Darren Chester

Darren Chester
Member of the Australian Parliament for Gippsland
Incumbent
Assumed office 28 June 2008
Preceded by	Peter McGauran
Personal details
Born	13 September 1967 (1967-09-13) (age 44) Sale, Victoria
Nationality	Australian
Political party	National Party of Australia
Occupation	Political advisor

Darren Jeffrey Chester (born 13 September 1967) is an Australian politician. He is the National Party member of the Australian House of Representatives for the electoral division of Gippsland in Victoria. He was elected at the 2008 by-election caused by the resignation of Peter McGauran.

Chester was born in the Victorian town of Sale. He lives in Lakes Entrance with his wife and four children.^[1]

Prior to entering federal politics, Chester was chief of staff to Peter Ryan, the leader of the Nationals in the Victorian state parliament. Chester contested Gippsland East as the National Party candidate at the 2002 Victorian state election, losing to independent Craig Ingram.^[2] In 2004, Chester unsuccessfully stood for National Party preselection for the Senate position held by Julian McGauran. McGauran retained his party endorsement and was re-elected later that year, only to defect to the Liberal Party in 2006.^[3]

Chester was re-elected at the 2010 election and appointed Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Roads and Regional Transport in September 2010.^[4]

References

1. ^ About Darren Chester
2. ^ State Election 2002: Gippsland East District
3. ^ Tony Wright (28 June 2008). "Timely political payback by McGauran?". The Age. http://www.theage.com.au/national/timely-political-payback-by-mcgauran-20080627-2y53.html. 
4. ^ http://www.aph.gov.au/Library/parl/43/Shadow/index.htm

External links

• Parliamentary biography
• First Speech to Parliament - Google Video
• First Speech to Parliament - Text
• Search or browse Hansard for Darren Chester at OpenAustralia.org

Parliament of Australia
Preceded by Peter McGauran	Member for Gippsland 2008–present	Incumbent

Persondata
Name	Chester, Darren
Alternative names
Short description	Australian politician
Date of birth	13 September 1967
Place of birth	Sale, Victoria
Date of death	living
Place of death