Ray Williams (politician)
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Ray Williams MP |
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| Minister for Multiculturalism | |
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Assumed office 30 January 2017 |
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| Premier | Gladys Berejiklian |
| Preceded by | John Ajaka |
| Minister for Disability Services | |
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Assumed office 30 January 2017 |
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| Premier | Gladys Berejiklian |
| Preceded by | John Ajaka |
| Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Castle Hill |
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Assumed office 28 March 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Dominic Perrottet |
| Majority | 5.3 |
| Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Hawkesbury |
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In office 24 March 2007 – 28 March 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Steven Pringle |
| Succeeded by | Dominic Perrottet |
| Personal details | |
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Raymond Craig Williams 27 September 1960 Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia |
| Nationality | Australia |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Australia |
| Spouse(s) | Wendy Lorraine (m. 1982) |
| Occupation | Maintenance manager |
Raymond Craig "Ray" Williams (born 27 September 1960), an Australian politician, is the New South Wales Minister for Multiculturalism and the Minister for Disability Services since January 2017 in the Berejiklian Ministry. He has been a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing the seat of Castle Hill for the Liberal Party of Australia since 2015, and represented the seat of Hawkesbury from 2007 to 2015.
Williams is the son of Allen Williams, a former heavyweight boxing champion of Australia and the South Pacific and Margaret Williams, the daughter of English migrants from Cornwall. His family was involved in the training of horses, and Williams followed in the family footsteps and trained horses for more than 30 years. From 1985, he worked for Glenorie Bus Company at Dural.
Williams was a panel beater and maintenance manager with the Hillsbus company. He was a councillor on Baulkham Hills Shire Council until September 2008. He was a President of the Kellyville Rouse Hill Progress Association. Williams led a campaign of roadside protests to highlight the need for the upgrade of Windsor Road.
In 2003, Williams contested the seat of Riverstone, and was unsuccessful. In an internal Liberal Party preselection prior to the 2007 state election, Williams defeated incumbent Steven Pringle. As a result, Pringle decided to run for the seat as an independent candidate. Williams won the seat in the 2007 state election with a 6.07% majority. In 2007, Williams was accused of branch stacking after a local pastor stated in a statutory declaration that Williams paid him party membership fees for churchgoers. This claim was denied by Williams, and has not been substantiated.
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