# Peter Craig Dutton

Peter Craig Dutton (18 NOV 1970); born in Boondall, Queensland, Australia.

**Lifespan:** 18 NOV 1970 – ?

## Spouses
- _unknown partner_ — m. 1992
- _unknown partner_ — m. JUL 2003

## Timeline
- 18 NOV 1970 — **Born** at Boondall, Queensland, Australia
- FROM 1990 TO 1999 — **Occupation (Police Officer)** at 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.
- FROM 1993 TO 2001 — **Occupation (Company Director)** — 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.
- FROM 10 NOV 2001 TO 3 MAY 2025 — **Member for Dickson, Australian House of Representatives** at 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.
- FROM 26 OCT 2004 TO 27 JAN 2006 — **Minister for Workforce Participation** at 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.
- FROM 27 JAN 2006 TO 3 DEC 2007 — **Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer** at Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia — Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer, 27 January 2006 to 3 December 2007.
- FROM 6 DEC 2007 TO 22 SEP 2008 — **Shadow Minister for Finance, Competition Policy and Deregulation** at Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia — Shadow Minister for Finance, Competition Policy and Deregulation, 6 December 2007 to 22 September 2008.
- FROM 22 SEP 2008 TO 18 SEP 2013 — **Shadow Minister for Health and Ageing** at Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia — Shadow Minister for Health and Ageing, 22 September 2008 to 18 September 2013.
- FROM 18 SEP 2013 TO 23 DEC 2014 — **Minister for Health** at 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.
- FROM 18 SEP 2013 TO 23 DEC 2014 — **Minister for Sport** at Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia — Minister for Sport, 18 September 2013 to 23 December 2014, held concurrently with the health portfolio.
- FROM 23 DEC 2014 TO 28 AUG 2018 — **Minister for Immigration and Border Protection** at Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia — Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, 23 December 2014 to 28 August 2018.
- FROM 20 DEC 2017 TO 30 MAR 2021 — **Minister for Home Affairs** at 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.
- FROM 30 MAR 2021 TO 23 MAY 2022 — **Minister for Defence** at Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia — Minister for Defence, 30 March 2021 to 23 May 2022.
- FROM 30 MAR 2021 TO 11 APR 2022 — **Leader of the House** at Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia — Leader of the House, 30 March 2021 to 11 April 2022, held concurrently with the defence portfolio.
- FROM 30 MAY 2022 TO 13 MAY 2025 — **Leader of the Federal Parliamentary Liberal Party** at 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.
- FROM 5 JUN 2022 TO 13 MAY 2025 — **Leader of the Opposition** at 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.
- **Education (Bachelor of Business)** — Bachelor of Business, Queensland University of Technology. His secondary schooling was at St Paul's School.

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