Paul Toole
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The Honourable Paul Toole MP |
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| Minister for Lands and Forestry | |
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Assumed office 30 January 2017 |
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| Premier | Gladys Berejiklian |
| Preceded by | Niall Blair (as Minister for Primary Industries and as Minister for Lands and Water) |
| Minister for Racing | |
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Assumed office 30 January 2017 |
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| Premier | Gladys Berejiklian |
| Preceded by | Troy Grant |
| Member of the New South Wales Parliament for Bathurst |
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Assumed office 26 March 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Gerard Martin |
| Majority | 15.0 (2015) |
| Minister for Local Government | |
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In office 23 April 2014 – 30 January 2017 |
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| Premier | Mike Baird |
| Preceded by | Don Page |
| Succeeded by | Gabrielle Upton |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Australia |
| Political party | The Nationals |
| Spouse(s) | Joanne Toole |
| Relations | Trevor Toole (father) Jack Toole (grandfather) |
| Residence | Kelso |
| Occupation | Teacher |
Paul Lawrence Toole, an Australian politician, is the New South Wales Minister for Lands and Forestry and the Minister for Racing in the Berejiklian government. He is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, representing Bathurst for the Nationals since 26 March 2011.
Toole was previously the Minister for Local Government between April 2014 and January 2017 in the first and second Baird governments. Prior to his election to state parliament, he was the independent mayor of Bathurst Regional Council (BRC) from 2007 until 2011, having previously served as a councillor on BRC from 2005 until 2012, and before that, serving as a councillor on the now defunct Evans Shire Council between 1995 and 2005.
Toole is one of nine children raised by Trevor and Ellen Toole, of Peel, a village outside Bathurst, in the central west of New South Wales. Toole's father was a thrice-unsuccessful candidate for state and federal political office, representing the National Party at the 1984 and 1995 state elections for Bathurst and the 1996 federal election, for Calare. Paul Toole's grandfather, Jack Toole, was an unsuccessful Liberal candidate at 1956 state election, also for Bathurst.
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