The Honourable Kevin Humphries MP |
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Member of the New South Wales Parliament for Barwon |
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Assumed office 24 March 2007 |
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Preceded by | Ian Slack-Smith |
Majority | 31.9 points |
Minister for Healthy Lifestyles and Mental Health | |
In office 4 April 2011 – 23 April 2014 |
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Premier | Mike Baird |
Preceded by | Barbara Perry |
Succeeded by | Jai Rowell |
Minister for Western New South Wales | |
In office 4 April 2011 – 2 April 2015 |
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Premier | Mike Baird |
Preceded by | New position |
Minister for Natural Resources, Lands and Water | |
In office 23 April 2014 – 2 April 2015 |
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Premier | Mike Baird |
Preceded by | Katrina Hodgkinson |
Succeeded by | Niall Blair |
Personal details | |
Born | Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia |
Political party | The Nationals |
Spouse(s) | Linda Humphries |
Children | Three |
Occupation | Teacher |
Website | www.kevinhumphries.com.au |
Kevin John Humphries, an Australian politician, is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Barwon for the Nationals since 24 March 2007. He was the Minister for Healthy Lifestyles and Mental Health between 2011 and 2014; and the Minister for Western New South Wales in the O'Farrell government since April 2011. In April 2014, he was appointed as Minister for Natural Resources, Lands and Water during the Cabinet reshuffle under Premier Mike Baird.
Kevin Humphries is the son of Eileen and Frank Humphries who were married in Tamworth in 1958. He grew in Tamworth and attended St Edward's Primary School which was run at the time by the Sisters of St Joseph. He would on to complete his secondary education at the Christian Brothers College.
Kevin Humphries obtained a scholarship to study at the Catholic Teachers College in Strathfield. He then went to complete a Bachelor of Education externally through University of New England in Armidale, New South Wales. He obtained a Graduate Diploma of Religious Studies (Grad Dip RE) through the Australian Catholic University in Brisbane.
His first teaching position was in 1981 at St Patricks Primary School in Walcha. It was in Walcha that he met is wife and where they were in 1985. They moved to Tamworth and he taught secondary school at Rosary College for four years. He then went on to become the Principal at Sacred Heart School at Boggabri, principal at Sacred Heart School at Geeveston in Tasmania and finally as principal at St Philomena's School in Moree in 1995.