Mark Vaile
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The Honourable Mark Vaile AO |
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| 12th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia | |
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In office 6 July 2005 – 3 December 2007 |
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| Prime Minister | John Howard |
| Preceded by | John Anderson |
| Succeeded by | Julia Gillard |
| Leader of the National Party of Australia | |
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In office 6 July 2005 – 3 December 2007 |
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| Deputy | Warren Truss |
| Preceded by | John Anderson |
| Succeeded by | Warren Truss |
| Minister for Transport and Regional Development | |
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In office 25 September 1997 – 21 October 1998 |
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| Prime Minister | John Howard |
| Preceded by | John Sharp |
| Succeeded by | John Anderson |
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In office 29 September 2006 – 3 December 2007 |
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| Prime Minister | John Howard |
| Preceded by | Warren Truss |
| Succeeded by | Anthony Albanese |
| Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry | |
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In office 21 October 1998 – 19 July 1999 |
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| Prime Minister | John Howard |
| Preceded by | John Anderson |
| Succeeded by | Warren Truss |
| Minister for Trade and Investment | |
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In office 20 July 1999 – 19 September 2006 |
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| Prime Minister | John Howard |
| Preceded by | Tim Fischer |
| Succeeded by | Warren Truss |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Lyne |
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In office 13 March 1993 – 30 July 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Bruce Cowan |
| Succeeded by | Rob Oakeshott |
| Personal details | |
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18 April 1956 Sydney, New South Wales |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | National Party of Australia |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence | Taree, New South Wales |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Mark Anthony James Vaile AO (born 18 April 1956) is a former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia and former leader of the National Party of Australia. Vaile is currently a non-executive director of a number of public listed corporations.
Vaile was born in Sydney and worked as a farm machinery retailer and stock and station and real estate agent before entering politics. He was a member of the Greater Taree City Council 1985–93, including three years as Deputy Mayor.
Vaile was a member of the Australian House of Representatives between March 1993 and July 2008, representing the Division of Lyne, New South Wales. In his first bid for the seat, in the 1993 election, Vaile led over the Liberals by only 233 votes on the third count, despite the seat's long history as a National stronghold. Labor had taken a large first-count lead which it held for most of the night, but Vaile won after Liberal preferences flowed overwhelmingly to him. However, had 120 votes gone the other way, the Liberals would have taken the seat. Vaile was able to revert the seat to its traditional status as a safe National seat in 1996, and he would go on to hold the seat without serious difficulty from then onward.
He was Assistant National Party Whip 1994–96 and National Party Whip 1996–97. In 1997 he was appointed Minister for Transport and Regional Development, and in 1998 he became Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. In July 1999, following the resignation of Tim Fischer and the election of John Anderson as National Party leader, he was elected the party's Deputy Leader and became Minister for Trade. When John Anderson resigned in 2005, Vaile was elected Leader unopposed. On 6 July 2005 he was sworn in as Deputy Prime Minister.
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