Warren Truss

Infobox Politician
honorific-prefix = The Honourable

name = Warren Errol Truss

honorific-suffix =MP

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office = Leader of the National Party of Australia
term_start = 3 December 2007
term_end =
predecessor = Mark Vaile
successor =
deputy = Nigel Scullion
office2 = Minister for Trade
term_start2 = 10 August 2006
term_end2 = 3 December 2007
predecessor2 = Mark Vaile
successor2 = Simon Crean
office3 = Minister for Transport and Regional Services
term_start3 = 6 July, 2005
term_end3 = 10 August, 2006
predecessor3 = John Anderson
successor3 = Mark Vaile
office4 = Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
term_start4 = 20 July, 1999
term_end4 = 6 July, 2005
predecessor4 = Mark Vaile
successor4 = Peter McGauran
office5 = Member for Wide Bay
term_start5 = 24 March 1990
term_end5 =
predecessor5 =Clarence Millar
successor5 =
constituency = Wide Bay
majority = 8.2%
birth_date = Birth date and age|1948|10|8|df=y
birth_place = Kingaroy, Queensland
death_date =
death_place =
party = National Party of Australia
relations =
spouse = Lyn
civil partner =
children =
residence = Maryborough, Queensland
occupation = farmer
religion =


website = [http://www.warrentruss.com/ warrentruss.com]
footnotes =

Warren Errol Truss (born 8 October 1948), is an Australian politician, and leader of the National Party in the Commonwealth Parliament [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Truss wins Nationals leadership | date=3 December 2007 | publisher= | url =http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/12/03/2107931.htm | work =ABC News | pages = | accessdate = 2007-12-03 | language = ] . He has been a National Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1990, representing the Division of Wide Bay, Queensland. He was born in Kingaroy, Queensland, and was a farmer before entering politics. He was chair of the Sugar Coast Burnett Regional Tourism Board and a councillor of the Shire of Kingaroy 1976-90.cite web
title =The Hon Warren Truss MP, Member for Wide Bay (Qld)
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publisher =Parliament of Australia
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url =http://www.aph.gov.au/house/members/biography.asp?id=GT4
accessdate = 2007-11-08 ]

Truss was a member of the Opposition Shadow Ministry 1994-96, and was Deputy Leader of the House 1997-98. He was Minister for Customs and Consumer Affairs 1997-98 and Minister for Community Services 1998-99. He was Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, with a seat in the Cabinet, from July 1999 to June 2005.

In June 2005 John Anderson announced his intention to resign as National Party Leader. Deputy Leader, Mark Vaile, was elected the new Leader, and Truss was elected Deputy Leader. In the reshuffled ministry following Anderson's resignation Truss became Minister for Transport and Regional Services. In September 2006, following the AWB kickbacks scandal, Truss and Vaile swapped portfolios, with Truss becoming Minister for Trade and Vaile taking the Transport and Regional Services portfolio until November 2007.

In the 2007 Federal Election, Truss was re-elected to the seat of Wide Bay with a 3.87% swing toward the Labor Party.cite web | url=http://results.aec.gov.au/13745/website/HouseDivisionFirstPrefs-13745-178.htm | title=Australian Electoral Commission summary of Wide Bay, Federal Election 2007. | publisher="Australian Electoral Commission" | date=2007-11-28 | accessdate=2007-11-28] In light of the Coalition's defeat in the Election, Mark Vaile declined to continue in his role as National Party Leader , and Warren Truss announced his intention to run for the Leadership of the Party, seemingly in contrast to Vaile's call for generational change. [Murphy, Katharine: [http://www.theage.com.au/news/federal-election-2007-news/truss-puts-his-hand-up-for-nats-job/2007/11/28/1196036983633.html Truss puts his hand up for Nats job] , "The Age", 29 November 2007.] Truss was elected leader by the party on 3 December 2007. [Pearlman, Jonathan: [http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/nationals-decide-it-is-a-matter-of-truss/2007/12/03/1196530576374.html Nationals decide it is a matter of Truss] , "The Sydney Morning Herald", 4 December 2007.]

Truss is mentioned in Exodus, Part 1, an episode of the television series Lost. The character Sawyer gets deported from Australia after getting into a bar fight with Truss. [cite web | url=http://www.tv.com/lost/exodus-1/episode/414695/recap.html | title= Lost: Exodus (1) (Recap). | publisher="http://www.tv.com" | date=2005-05-18 | accessdate=2008-02-21]

On 22 September 2008, Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull announced Truss as Shadow Minister for Trade, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government [ [http://www.liberal.org.au/news.php?Id=1654 Appointment of Shadow Ministry] ] .

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NAME=Truss, Warren Errol
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Australian politician
DATE OF BIRTH=8 October 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH=Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia
DATE OF DEATH=Living
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