Mark Butler

Mark Butler
The Honourable
Mark Butler
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Port Adelaide
Incumbent
Assumed office
24 November 2007
Preceded by Rod Sawford
Personal details
Born 8 July 1970 (1970-07-08) (age 41)
Nationality Australian
Political party Australian Labor Party

Mark Christopher Butler (born 8 July 1970) has been the Australian Labor Party representative for the electoral division of Port Adelaide in north-western Adelaide, South Australia since the 2007 federal election, succeeding prior Labor MP Rod Sawford.

In a 2009 Rudd ministry reshuffle, Butler was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Health. On 14 September 2010, Butler was sworn in as Minister for Mental Health and Ageing in the Second Gillard Ministry.[1]

Butler was head of the left Labor faction in South Australia,[2] until federal responsibilities saw him step back from the role to be replaced by David Gray, a staffer of Butler's, and an advisor to the Miscellaneous Workers Union.[3]

Butler is a great grandson and grandson of former Premiers Richard B. Butler and Richard L. Butler.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Justine Elliot
Minister for Mental Health and Ageing
Since 2010
Incumbent
Parliament of Australia
Preceded by
Rod Sawford
Member for Port Adelaide
2007–present
Incumbent