Christian Rowan
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Dr. Christian Rowan MP |
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| Shadow Minister for Environment and Heritage Protection, Shadow Minister for National Parks and the Great Barrier Reef | |
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Assumed office 6 May 2016 |
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| Leader | Tim Nicholls |
| Preceded by | Stephen Bennett |
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Moggill |
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Assumed office 31 January 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Bruce Flegg |
| Majority | 8.21% (2015) |
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5 October 1972 Brisbane, Queensland |
| Political party | Liberal National Party |
| Spouse(s) | Jane Louise Rowan |
| Children | 4 children |
| Profession | Physician |
| Religion | Anglican |
Dr Christian Andrew Carr Rowan (born 5 October 1972) is an Australian politician. He has been the Liberal National Party member for Moggill in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2015.
Dr Rowan is an Addiction Medicine Specialist and an experienced Medical Administrator.
Dr Rowan is a former President of both the Queensland branch of the Australian Medical Association (2013-2014) and the Rural Doctors Association of Queensland (2006-2007).
During his time as President of the AMA in Queensland, Dr Rowan advocated for: improving services to reduce the economic and associated health care costs of illicit drug use as well as alcohol dependency disorders; the development of private-public healthcare partnerships; and improving rural and regional health services.
Dr Rowan has also worked as a General Practitioner and Medical Superintendent in rural and regional Queensland, predominantly in South-West Queensland but also on the Darling Downs.
Dr Rowan was instrumental in the establishment of the Remote Vocational Training Scheme (RVTS) as a part of the national medical education training framework, and he also served on the RVTS Board.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians' Chapter of Addiction Medicine, the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators, the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine and the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.
Dr Rowan has also advocated about the growing public health problems of over-the-counter codeine misuse and the emergence of new synthetic drugs.
Dr Rowan was elected on 31 January 2015 in the seat of Moggill at the Queensland State Election defeating the Labor candidate Louisa Pink with 58.2 per cent of the two-party preferred vote after preferences. He was a Deputy Chair of the Health, Communities, Disability Services and Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Committee in the 55th Queensland Parliament. Dr Rowan is a conservative and in the centre-right of the Liberal-National Party. He has spoken publicly about defending the right of democratic free speech and he has previously called for a public debate on capital punishment for terrorism related offences.
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