Gary Gray (Australian politician)

Gary Gray AO , former Australian politician, was the Australian Labor Party representative for the Division of Brand in Western Australia in the Australian House of Representatives, from 2007 to 2016. OnMarch 2013, Gray was appointed to the Australian Cabinet as the Minister for Resources and Energy, the Minister for Tourism, and the Minister for Small Business. From 2010 until 2013, Gray served as the Special Minister of State and the Minister for the Public Service and Integrity.

He was born in Rotherham, Yorkshire, England, and emigrated to Australia with his family in 1966, settling in state housing in Whyalla, South Australia. Gray attended Whyalla High School, where he was the dux of his graduating year in 1976. After finishing high school he worked at the local BHP steelworks, and then at the Savings Bank of South Australia. He joined the Labor Party in 1974, and in May 1981, after graduating from the Australian National University with a degree in economics, he moved to Darwin.

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