The Honourable Rob Stokes MP |
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Minister for Education | |
Assumed office 30 January 2017 |
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Premier | Gladys Berejiklian |
Preceded by | Adrian Piccoli |
Member of the New South Wales Parliament for Pittwater |
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Assumed office 24 March 2007 |
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Preceded by | Alex McTaggart |
Majority | 25.4 points (2015) |
Minister for Planning | |
In office 2 April 2015 – 30 January 2017 |
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Premier | Mike Baird |
Preceded by | Pru Goward |
Succeeded by | Anthony Roberts |
Minister for the Environment | |
In office 23 April 2014 – 2 April 2015 |
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Premier | Mike Baird |
Preceded by | Robyn Parker |
Succeeded by | Mark Speakman |
Minister for Heritage | |
In office 23 April 2014 – 2 April 2015 |
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Premier | Mike Baird |
Preceded by | Robyn Parker |
Succeeded by | Mark Speakman |
Assistant Minister for Planning | |
In office 23 April 2014 – 2 April 2015 |
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Premier | Mike Baird |
Preceded by | new title |
Succeeded by | Mark Speakman |
Minister for the Central Coast | |
In office 6 May 2014 – 2 April 2015 |
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Premier | Mike Baird |
Preceded by | Mike Gallacher |
Succeeded by | abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | 17 January 1974 |
Political party | Liberal Party of Australia |
Spouse(s) | Sophie Stokes |
Alma mater | Macquarie University |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Website | Parliamentary webpage |
Robert "Rob" Gordon Stokes MP (born 17 January 1974), an Australian politician, is the New South Wales Minister for Education since January 2017 in the Berejiklian government. He is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Pittwater for the Liberal Party of Australia since 2007.
Stokes has previously served as the Minister for the Environment, the Minister for Heritage, the Assistant Minister for Planning, and the Minister for the Central Coast during 2014 and 2015 in the first Baird government; and the Minister for Planning since April 2015 in the second Baird government.
Stokes grew up in Mona Vale. He attended Shore School and obtained his Higher School Certificate in 1991. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts, a Bachelor of Laws, a Master of Laws and a PhD at Macquarie University; a Diploma of Bible Studies (at the Ministry Training College in Oxford Falls), and a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice.