Don Farrell
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Senator The Honourable Don Farrell |
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| Senator for South Australia | |
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Assumed office 2 July 2016 |
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In office 1 July 2008 – 30 June 2014 |
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| Minister for Sport | |
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In office 1 July 2013 – 18 September 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Kate Lundy |
| Succeeded by | Peter Dutton |
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| Born |
6 June 1954 Murray Bridge, SA, Australia |
| Political party | Labor Party |
| Alma mater | University of Adelaide |
| Occupation | Union leader |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Donald Edward Farrell (born 6 June 1954) is an Australian politician and a former trade union leader.
He was a Labor member of the Australian Senate from 2008 to 2014, representing the state of South Australia and re-elected at the 2016 double dissolution election.
Appointed the Parliamentary Secretary for Sustainability and Urban Water on 14 September 2010, Farrell was promoted into the outer ministry on 25 March 2013 as the Minister for Science and Research and the Minister Assisting on Tourism, in the Second Gillard Ministry. On 1 July 2013 Farrell was appointed the Minister for Sport as well as remaining Minister Assisting on Tourism in the Second Rudd Ministry. Farrell failed in his attempt to be re-elected to the Senate at the 2013 federal election, and his first term concluded on 30 June 2014.
Before entering the Senate, Farrell was the South Australian Secretary and the National President of the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association (SDA) union and a leader of Labor Unity in South Australia.
Farrell first ran for parliament at the 1988 Adelaide by-election but was unsuccessful.
In June 2007, Farrell won preselection for the first position on Labor's Senate ticket in the 2007 election and he was subsequently the first elected senator for South Australia at the general election.
Following the 2010 federal election, he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Sustainability and Urban Water. On 25 March 2013, Farrell was promoted into the Outer Ministry as the Minister for Science and Research and the Minister Assisting on Tourism. On 1 July 2013 as part of the Second Rudd Ministry, Farrell was appointed the Minister for Sport as well as remaining Minister Assisting on Tourism.
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