Barnaby Joyce
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The Honourable Barnaby Joyce MP |
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| 17th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia | |
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Assumed office 18 February 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Malcolm Turnbull |
| Preceded by | Warren Truss |
| Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources | |
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Assumed office 18 September 2013 |
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| Prime Minister |
Tony Abbott Malcolm Turnbull |
| Preceded by | Joel Fitzgibbon |
| Leader of the National Party | |
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Assumed office 11 February 2016 |
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| Deputy | Fiona Nash |
| Preceded by | Warren Truss |
| Deputy Leader of the National Party | |
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In office 13 September 2013 – 11 February 2016 |
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| Leader | Warren Truss |
| Preceded by | Nigel Scullion |
| Succeeded by | Fiona Nash |
| Leader of the National Party in the Senate | |
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In office 18 September 2008 – 8 August 2013 |
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| Deputy | Nigel Scullion |
| Preceded by | Nigel Scullion |
| Succeeded by | Nigel Scullion |
| Senator for Queensland | |
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In office 1 July 2005 – 8 August 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Len Harris |
| Succeeded by | Barry O'Sullivan |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for New England |
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Assumed office 7 September 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Tony Windsor |
| Personal details | |
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Barnaby Thomas Gerard Joyce 17 April 1967 Tamworth, New South Wales |
| Political party |
National Party (Federal) Liberal National Party (State, 2010-13) |
| Spouse(s) | Natalie Joyce |
| Alma mater | University of New England (BFinAdmin) |
| Profession | Accountant, politician |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | Australian Army Reserve |
| Years of service | 1994–99 |
| Unit | Royal Queensland Regiment |
Barnaby Thomas Gerard Joyce (born 17 April 1967) is an Australian politician who has served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Australia since 18 February 2016, as the Leader of the National Party of Australia since 11 February 2016, and as the Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources since 21 September 2015. He was sworn in as Minister for Agriculture in the Abbott Government on 18 September 2013. Water Resources was added to his portfolio on 21 September 2015 in the Turnbull Government.
Prior to entering Parliament Joyce worked as an accountant. At the 2004 Federal Election Joyce was elected as a Senator and represented the state of Queensland from July 2005 until August 2013 as a member of The Nationals. He became leader of The Nationals in the Senate on 17 September 2008, succeeding Nigel Scullion. As a senator, Joyce crossed the floor nineteen times during the term of the Howard Government.
In April 2013 Joyce was pre-selected by the National Party to contest the House of Representatives seat of New England in New South Wales for the 2013 federal election. He resigned from the Senate on 8 August 2013 to contest the election and won New England for the Nationals with a margin of 21.1 percent.
Joyce is the only person in the history of the Australian Parliament to have represented one state in the Senate and an electorate in a different state in the House of Representatives.
Joyce was born in Tamworth, New South Wales, and raised in Woolbrook, as one of six children from a sheep and cattle farming family. His father, James Joyce, was born in New Zealand and moved to Australia to study veterinary science at the University of Sydney, where he met Joyce's mother, Marie.
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