Luke Hartsuyker
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The Honourable Luke Hartsuyker MP |
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| Minister for Vocational Education and Skills | |
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In office 21 September 2015 – 18 February 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Malcolm Turnbull |
| Preceded by | No Immediate Predecessor |
| Succeeded by | Scott Ryan |
| Assistant Minister for Employment | |
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In office 18 September 2013 – 21 September 2015 |
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| Prime Minister |
Tony Abbott Malcolm Turnbull |
| Preceded by | Kate Ellis |
| Succeeded by | Office Abolished |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Cowper |
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Assumed office 10 November 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Garry Nehl |
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26 October 1959 Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | National Party of Australia |
| Spouse(s) | Irene |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Newcastle |
| Occupation | Accountant and business owner |
| Website | www |
Luke Hartsuyker (born 26 October 1959) is an Australian politician. He has been a National Party of Australia member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing the Division of Cowper in New South Wales, since November 2001. Hartsuyker was appointed as the Assistant Minister for Employment and as the Deputy Leader of the House in the Abbott Ministry, being sworn in on 18 September 2013. In September 2015, he was promoted to Minister for Vocational Education and Skills in the First Turnbull Ministry, but he lost his position in a ministerial reshuffle in February 2016.
Hartsuyker was born in Muswellbrook, New South Wales, and was educated at Newcastle University. He was an accountant and business owner before entering politics.
Former independent MP Rob Oakeshott contested the Division of Cowper at the 2016 election. A number of seat-level opinion polls in Cowper found the incumbent Hartsuyker and independent Oakeshott neck-and-neck on the two-party-preferred vote. Hartsuyker won re-election, but suffered a swing against him of 13 percent – the closest that the Nationals had come to losing a seat the party has held for all but one term since 1919.
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