Bruce Billson

Infobox Politician
honorific-prefix = The Honourable

name = Bruce Billson

honorific-suffix = MP


office = Member for Dunkley
term_start = 1996
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predecessor = Robert Chynoweth
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office2 = Minister for Veterans Affairs
term_start2 = March 2007
term_end2 = November 2007
predecessor2 = De-Anne Kelly
successor2 = Alan Griffin
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birth_date = birth date and age|1966|01|26|df=y
birth_place = flagicon|AUS Albury, New South Wales
death_date =
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party = Liberal Party of Australia
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occupation = politician
alma mater = Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
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Bruce Frederick Billson MP (born 26 January 1966), Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1996, representing the division of Dunkley, Victoria. He was born in Albury, New South Wales, and was educated at Monterey High School, Frankston, and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. He was Manager, Corporate Development, for the Shire of Hastings, a Ministerial Adviser to the Victorian Minister for Natural Resources, and policy adviser to the Shadow Minister for the Environment, Senator Rod Kemp before entering politics.

Billson was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs in July 2004. In July 2005 he was also appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs. In January 2006 he was promoted to Minister for Veterans Affairs, a position he retained until the defeat of the Howard government in the November 2007 election.

In December 2007, he was appointed Shadow Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. [ [http://www.liberal.org.au/documents/mediareleases/ShadowMinistry.pdf Shadow Ministry] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.billson4dunkley.com/ Personal website]
*OpenAustralia