David Gillespie (politician)
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The Honourable Dr David Gillespie MP |
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| Assistant Minister for Health | |
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Assumed office 24 January 2017 |
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| Prime Minister | Malcolm Turnbull |
| Preceded by |
Himself (as Assistant Minister for Rural Health) |
| Assistant Minister for Rural Health | |
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In office 19 July 2016 – 24 January 2017 |
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| Prime Minister | Malcolm Turnbull |
| Preceded by |
Fiona Nash (as Minister for Rural Health) |
| Succeeded by |
Himself (as Assistant Minister for Health) |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Lyne |
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Assumed office 7 September 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Rob Oakeshott |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
David Arthur Gillespie 20 December 1957 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | The Nationals |
| Spouse(s) | Charlotte Gillespie |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Sydney |
| Profession | Gastroenterologist |
| Website | Official website |
David Arthur Gillespie (born 20 December 1957) is an Australian politician. He has been a Nationals member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing the Division of Lyne in New South Wales, since September 2013. Gillespie served as the Assistant Minister for Rural Health between July 2016 and January 2017 and has served as the Assistant Minister for Health since January 2017.
Gillespie was born in Canberra. He was a gastroenterologist for twenty years and, up until the 2013 election, was the director of physician training at Port Macquarie Base Hospital.
In 2010, he contested the seat of Lyne for the first time, representing the Nationals. His opponent, independent member Rob Oakeshott, defeated him; however, the Nationals received a 10-point swing. Following Oakeshott's retirement at the 2013 federal election, Gillespie contested the seat again and won. This was not an upset; Lyne was still a comfortably safe National seat in a traditional two-party matchup, and it was taken for granted that it would revert to the Nationals once Oakeshott retired.
With the re-election of the Turnbull Government at the 2016 federal election, Gillespie was appointed as the Assistant Minister for Rural Health in the first arrangement of the Second Turnbull ministry and was promoted as the Assistant Minister for Health in a subsequent rearrangement of the ministry in January 2017.
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