Peter Craig Dutton

Peter Craig Dutton
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b. 1970 55 years old

Born 18 November 1970 in Boondall, Queensland55 years old

Living Company director. On leaving the police he and his father founded the business Dutton Holdings, registered in 2000, which bought, renovated and converted buildings into childcare centres and later traded as Dutton Building & Development.

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? Unknown spouse m. 1992 ? Unknown spouse m. July 2003

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1970s
Born 18 November 1970

Boondall, Queensland, Australia
1990s
Occupation (Police Officer) 1990–1999 aged 20

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Served in the Queensland Police for nearly a decade after graduating from the Queensland Police Academy in 1990. He worked in the drug squad in Brisbane in the early 1990s, and also in the sex offenders squad and with the National Crime Authority. He left the Queensland Police in 1999, having reached the rank of detective senior constable.

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Married spouse not recorded 1992 aged 22

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Occupation (Company Director) 1993–2001 aged 23

Company director. On leaving the police he and his father founded the business Dutton Holdings, registered in 2000, which bought, renovated and converted buildings into childcare centres and later traded as Dutton Building & Development.

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2000s
Member for Dickson, Australian House of Representatives from 10 November 2001 to 3 May 2025 aged 30

Queensland, Australia

Elected to the House of Representatives for the Queensland division of Dickson at the 2001 federal election, defeating the sitting Australian Labor Party member Cheryl Kernot. He was re-elected in 2004, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 and 2022, and was defeated at the 2025 election by the Labor candidate Ali France, after 23 years and 5 months of continuous service. He sat for the Liberal Party of Australia throughout.

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Married spouse not recorded July 2003 aged 32

Italy

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Minister for Workforce Participation from 26 October 2004 to 27 January 2006 aged 33

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Minister for Workforce Participation, 26 October 2004 to 27 January 2006. This is the earliest ministerial appointment in his parliamentary record of service.

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Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer from 27 January 2006 to 3 December 2007 aged 35

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer, 27 January 2006 to 3 December 2007.

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Shadow Minister for Finance, Competition Policy and Deregulation from 6 December 2007 to 22 September 2008 aged 37

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Shadow Minister for Finance, Competition Policy and Deregulation, 6 December 2007 to 22 September 2008.

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Shadow Minister for Health and Ageing from 22 September 2008 to 18 September 2013 aged 37

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Shadow Minister for Health and Ageing, 22 September 2008 to 18 September 2013.

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2010s
Minister for Health from 18 September 2013 to 23 December 2014 aged 42

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Minister for Health, 18 September 2013 to 23 December 2014. He held the sport portfolio over exactly the same dates.

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Minister for Sport from 18 September 2013 to 23 December 2014 aged 42

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Minister for Sport, 18 September 2013 to 23 December 2014, held concurrently with the health portfolio.

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Minister for Immigration and Border Protection from 23 December 2014 to 28 August 2018 aged 44

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, 23 December 2014 to 28 August 2018.

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Minister for Home Affairs from 20 December 2017 to 30 March 2021 aged 47

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Minister for Home Affairs, 20 December 2017 to 30 March 2021, overseeing the Department of Home Affairs, which was established on the same day by Administrative Arrangement Order and brought together national security, law enforcement, emergency management, transport security, border control and immigration functions.

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2020s
Minister for Defence from 30 March 2021 to 23 May 2022 aged 50

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Minister for Defence, 30 March 2021 to 23 May 2022.

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Leader of the House from 30 March 2021 to 11 April 2022 aged 50

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Leader of the House, 30 March 2021 to 11 April 2022, held concurrently with the defence portfolio.

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Leader of the Federal Parliamentary Liberal Party from 30 May 2022 to 13 May 2025 aged 51

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Leader of the Federal Parliamentary Liberal Party, 30 May 2022 to 13 May 2025. He was elected unopposed after Scott Morrison resigned the leadership following the Coalition's defeat at the 2022 election, with Sussan Ley as deputy, and was the first Liberal leader to come from Queensland. Ley succeeded him as leader in May 2025.

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Leader of the Opposition from 5 June 2022 to 13 May 2025 aged 51

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Leader of the Opposition, 5 June 2022 to 13 May 2025, following his election as leader of the Federal Parliamentary Liberal Party on 30 May 2022.

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Education (Bachelor of Business)

Bachelor of Business, Queensland University of Technology. His secondary schooling was at St Paul's School.

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