Patrick Martin Conroy (born 10 May 1979) is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and the Labor Left faction and has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2013. He represented the Division of Charlton in New South Wales until its abolition in 2016, and since then has represented the Division of Shortland. He is currently the Minister for Defence Industry and Minister for International Development and the Pacific.[1]
Pat Conroy | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2022 | |
| Minister for Defence Industry and Capability Delivery | |
| Assumed office 29 July 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Anthony Albanese |
| Preceded by | Himself (as Minister for Defence Industry) |
| Minister for International Development and the Pacific | |
| Assumed office 1 June 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Anthony Albanese |
| Preceded by | Zed Seselja |
| Minister for Defence Industry | |
| In office 1 June 2022 – 29 July 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Anthony Albanese |
| Preceded by | Melissa Price |
| Succeeded by | Himself (as Minister for Defence Industry and Capibility Delivery) |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Shortland | |
| Assumed office 2 July 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Jill Hall |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Charlton | |
| In office 7 September 2013 – 2 July 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Greg Combet |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Patrick Martin Conroy 10 May 1979 Sydney, Australia |
| Citizenship | Australian British (1979–2013) |
| Political party | Labor |
| Alma mater | University of Sydney |
| Profession | Economist, politician |
| Website | www |
Early life
editConroy was born in Sydney,[2] however he moved to the Central Coast of New South Wales when he was a year old.[citation needed] His parents were "union delegates throughout their lives and long-time Labor activists".[3] He was born a British citizen by descent through his father, who was born in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England. He renounced his dual citizenship before standing at the 2013 election in accordance with section 44 of the constitution.[4]
Conroy attended Ettalong Public School and Gosford High School. Growing up he played for the Woy Woy Football Club and the Gosford Rugby Club.[citation needed] Conroy holds the degree of Bachelor of Economics (Hons.) from the University of Sydney. He joined the ALP in 1994 and served as a state and federal vice-president of Australian Young Labor from 2003 to 2004. Prior to entering parliament, he worked as an electorate officer for Anthony Albanese (2000), an industrial/policy officer with the CFMEU's forestry division (2000–2002), a policy adviser to George Campbell (2002–2004), national economist to the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union (2004–2008), and as principal policy adviser (2008–2011) and deputy chief of staff (2011–2013) to Greg Combet.[2]
Parliament
editConroy was elected to parliament at the 2013 federal election, retaining the Division of Charlton for the Labor Party following Greg Combet's retirement.[3][5] He transferred to the Division of Shortland at the 2016 election, following Charlton's abolition. After the election he was appointed to Bill Shorten's shadow ministry as an assistant minister for the portfolios of infrastructure and climate change and energy. He retained his place in Anthony Albanese's shadow ministry after the 2019 election, and was promoted to Shadow Minister for International Development and the Pacific as well as minister assisting in the portfolios of climate change, defence and government accountability.[2]
Conroy is aligned with the ALP's Socialist Left faction,[6][7] and serves as one of the two federal parliamentary convenors of the Labor Left faction, along with Andrew Giles.[8]
Following the 2022 federal election, Conroy became Minister for International Development and the Pacific and Minister for Defence Industry in the Albanese ministry.[9] In the July 2024 reshuffle, he retained his portfolios but was elevated to cabinet.[10]
References
edit- ^ "PM says ministry has more women than any other in history – as it happened". the Guardian. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ a b c "Mr Pat Conroy MP". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Maiden speech". Hansard. Parliament of Australia. 14 November 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
- ^ "Citizenship Register – 45th Parliament" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 April 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ Kelly, Matthew (8 September 2013). "CHARLTON: Conroy to stick to local issues". Newcastle Herald. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- ^ "Labor's new-look shadow ministry". SBS News. Special Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ^ Gartrell, Adam (15 January 2016). "Labor factions engineer deal to keep Joel Fitzgibbon, Pat Conroy in Parliament". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 15 January 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
- ^ Crowe, David. "New trade tensions inside Labor as Left faction pushes for greater labour restrictions". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
- ^ "Albanese Government full Ministry | Prime Minister of Australia". Archived from the original on 1 June 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ Kelly, Cait (28 July 2024). "Albanese announces ministry reshuffle in pre-election reset as Giles loses immigration". Guardian Australia. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
External links
edit- Search or browse Hansard for Pat Conroy (politician) at OpenAustralia.org
- Profile at TheyVoteForYou.org.au