John Hogg

John Hogg

:"For other people of this name see John Hogg (disambiguation)."The Hon. John Joseph Hogg (born 19 March 1949) is an Australian politician, and has been a member of the Australian Senate for the state of Queensland since July 1996, representing the Australian Labor Party. He was elected the 23rd President of the Senate on 26 August, 2008.

Hogg was born in Brisbane, and educated at the University of Queensland, where he graduated in science. He was an official with the Shop Distributive and Allied Employees Association (SDA) from 1976 to 1996. The SDA is one of the leading unions supporting the right-wing faction of the Labor Party.

In August 2002 Hogg was elected Deputy President of the Senate and Chairman of Committees.

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