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Stuart Ayres

The Honourable
Stuart Ayres
MP
Stuart Ayres 2015.jpg
Ayres at CeBit Australia, May 2015
Member of the New South Wales Parliament
for Penrith
Assumed office
19 June 2010
Preceded by Karyn Paluzzano
Majority 6.5 points (2015)
Minister for Western Sydney
Assumed office
30 January 2017
Premier Gladys Berejiklian
Preceded by Mike Baird
Minister for WestConnex
Assumed office
30 January 2017
Premier Gladys Berejiklian
Preceded by new title
Minister for Sport
Assumed office
23 April 2014
Premier Mike Baird
Gladys Berejiklian
Preceded by Gabrielle Upton
Minister for Trade, Tourism and Major Events
In office
2 April 2015 – 30 January 2017
Premier Mike Baird
Preceded by Troy Grant (as Minister for Trade and Investment and as Minister for Tourism and Major Events)
Succeeded by Niall Blair (as Minister for Trade and Industry)
Adam Marshall (as Minister for Tourism and Major Events)
Minister for Fair Trading
In office
9 December 2013 – 6 May 2014
Premier Barry O'Farrell; Mike Baird
Preceded by Anthony Roberts
Succeeded by Matthew Mason-Cox
Minister Assisting the Premier on Western Sydney
In office
9 December 2013 – 2 April 2015
Premier Mike Baird
Preceded by new portfolio
Succeeded by portfolio abolished
Minister for Police and Emergency Services
In office
6 May 2014 – 2 April 2015
Premier Mike Baird
Preceded by Mike Gallacher
Succeeded by Troy Grant (as Minister for Justice and Police)
Personal details
Born (1980-11-24) 24 November 1980 (age 36)
Nationality Australian
Political party Liberal Party of Australia
Domestic partner Marise Payne
Residence Leonay, New South Wales
Profession Marketing manager
Website Website

Stuart Laurence Ayres MP (born 24 November 1980), an Australian politician, is the New South Wales Minister for Sport since April 2014, the Minister for WestConnex and the Minister for Western Sydney since January 2017 in the Berejiklian government. Ayres is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly since 19 June 2010, representing the electorate of Penrith as a member of the Liberal Party of Australia. Ayres has previously served as the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Major Events between 2015 and 2017; and the Minister for Police and Emergency Services during 2014 and 2015; the Minister Assisting the Premier on Western Sydney between 2013 and 2015; and the Minister for Fair Trading between 2011 and 2014.

Ayres was born to a father serving in the Australian Defence Force which resulted in his moving all over the country until settling in Penrith in 1993. He was educated at St Dominic's College in Kingswood. He is the partner of federal Liberal Senator Marise Payne.

Ayres graduated in 1999 with a degree in sports business from the Australian College of Physical Education and worked as a development officer for the Australian Football League before joining the staff of the member for Lindsay, Jackie Kelly, in her capacity as the then Minister for Sport and Tourism and the Minister assisting the Prime Minister for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.


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