The Honourable Stuart Ayres MP |
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Ayres at CeBit Australia, May 2015
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Member of the New South Wales Parliament for Penrith |
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Assumed office 19 June 2010 |
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Preceded by | Karyn Paluzzano |
Majority | 6.5 points (2015) |
Minister for Western Sydney | |
Assumed office 30 January 2017 |
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Premier | Gladys Berejiklian |
Preceded by | Mike Baird |
Minister for WestConnex | |
Assumed office 30 January 2017 |
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Premier | Gladys Berejiklian |
Preceded by | new title |
Minister for Sport | |
Assumed office 23 April 2014 |
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Premier | Mike Baird Gladys Berejiklian |
Preceded by | Gabrielle Upton |
Minister for Trade, Tourism and Major Events | |
In office 2 April 2015 – 30 January 2017 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Premier | Mike Baird |
Preceded by | Mike Gallacher |
Succeeded by | Troy Grant (as Minister for Justice and Police) |
Personal details | |
Born | 24 November 1980 |
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.