Andrew McDonald (Australian politician)
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Dr Andrew McDonald |
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| Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Macquarie Fields |
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In office 24 March 2007 – 6 March 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Steven Chaytor |
| Succeeded by | Anoulack Chanthivong |
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Andrew Dominic McDonald 1 March 1955 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Alma mater | University of Sydney |
| Profession | Paediatrician |
Andrew Dominic McDonald (born 1 March 1955) is an Australian doctor and former politician.
McDonald attended St Leo's Catholic College in Wahroonga, before studying medicine at the University of Sydney.
McDonald worked as a paediatrician at Campbelltown Hospital for 17 years before his election to Parliament. In this period, he was quoted by the Sydney Morning Herald as a critic of Opposition Leader John Brogden's policies on health.
On 23 January 2007, he was preselected for the New South Wales electoral district of Macquarie Fields by the Australian Labor Party, following the disendorsement of incumbent MP Steven Chaytor. He was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly at the New South Wales state election, 2007. Although Labor retained the seat, there was a 12% two-party preferred swing against the party (as compared to the previous election), the highest anti-Labor swing in the state.
During the government of Morris Iemma, journalist Imre Salusinszky recommended that McDonald be appointed Health Minister. The Sydney Morning Herald reported that Iemma sought to appoint McDonald to the ministry; however, Iemma's bid for a ministerial reshuffle was rejected, leading to Iemma's resignation. Under the premiership of Nathan Rees, McDonald was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary for Health on 23 September 2008. He retained this post upon the appointment of Kristina Keneally as Premier of New South Wales, ending his tenure as Parliamentary Secretary upon the defeat of the Keneally government in the New South Wales state election, 2011.
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