Chris Crewther
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Chris Crewther MP |
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| Member of the Australian Parliament for Dunkley |
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Assumed office 2 July 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Bruce Billson |
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| Born |
6 August 1983 Mitcham, Victoria, Australia |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Australia |
| Spouse(s) | Grace |
| Children | 1 |
| Education |
Master of Diplomacy with Distinction (ANU) Master of Laws specialising in International Law (ANU) Bachelor of Laws with Honours (UC) |
| Alma mater |
The Australian National University The University of Melbourne |
| Website | http://www.chriscrewther.com.au |
Master of Diplomacy with Distinction (ANU)
Master of Laws specialising in International Law (ANU)
The Australian National University
Christopher John "Chris" Crewther (born 6 August 1983) is an Australian politician. He is the Member for Dunkley in the Australian House of Representatives. He is a member of the Liberal Party of Australia, serving under the current Coalition Government led by Prime Minister the Hon. Malcolm Turnbull MP. Crewther succeeded the previous member, the Hon. Bruce Billson, at the 2016 federal election. He is currently the youngest Member of Parliament in the Australian House of Representatives.
33 year-old Crewther lives in the electorate of Dunkley with his wife and daughter. Prior to entering politics Crewther worked in roles including running his own small business in agricultural exports, as CEO of an economic development corporation responsible for a region of 48,000 square kilometres with $3 billon gross regional product, and as an International Lawyer through the United Nations at the Kosovo Property Agency in Kosovo (in the former Yugoslavia), resolving property claims for those who lost possession of their property due to the 1998-99 conflict.
Crewther was born in Mitcham and spent the first few years of his life in Kilsyth/Mooroolbark, before moving to Horsham in the Wimmera when he was four. He grew up and undertook all his schooling in the country, attending Murtoa Secondary College and Horsham College. He has two Master's degrees from the Australian National University in International Law and Diplomacy, the latter in which he was awarded top student achieving the James Ingram AO Prize for Excellence in Diplomatic Studies. He also has a law degree with honours from the University of Canberra.
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