Melissa Price (Science and Technology) Angus Taylor (Industry)
Leader of the House
In office 26 May 2019 – 30 March 2021
Prime Minister
Scott Morrison
Deputy
Darren Chester
Preceded by
Christopher Pyne
Succeeded by
Peter Dutton
Minister for Industrial Relations
In office 29 May 2019 – 30 March 2021
Prime Minister
Scott Morrison
Preceded by
Kelly O'Dwyer
Succeeded by
Michaelia Cash
Minister for Social Services
In office 21 September 2015 – 20 December 2017
Prime Minister
Malcolm Turnbull
Preceded by
Scott Morrison
Succeeded by
Dan Tehan
Member of the Australian Parliament for Pearce
In office 7 September 2013 – 11 April 2022
Preceded by
Judi Moylan
Succeeded by
Tracey Roberts
Parliament of Western Australia
Treasurer of Western Australia
In office 14 December 2010 – 12 June 2012
Premier
Colin Barnett
Preceded by
Colin Barnett
Succeeded by
Colin Barnett
Attorney-General of Western Australia
In office 23 September 2008 – 12 June 2012
Premier
Colin Barnett
Preceded by
Jim McGinty
Succeeded by
Michael Mischin
Minister for Corrective Services
In office 23 September 2008 – 14 December 2010
Premier
Colin Barnett
Preceded by
Margaret Quirk
Succeeded by
Terry Redman
Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for Bateman
In office 6 September 2008 – 9 March 2013
Preceded by
District created
Succeeded by
Matt Taylor
Personal details
Born
Charles Christian Porter
(1970-07-11) 11 July 1970 (age 53)[1] Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Political party
Liberal
Spouses
Lucy Gunn (divorced)
Jennifer Negus
(m. 2008; sep. 2020)
[2]
Karen Espiner
(m. 2022)
[3]
Children
2
Parent
Chilla Porter (father)
Relatives
Charles Robert Porter (grandfather)
Alma mater
Hale School University of Western Australia (BEc, BA (Hons), LLB)[4] London School of Economics (MSc)[4]
Profession
Politician, lawyer
Website
christianporter.com.au
Charles Christian Porter (born 11 July 1970) is an Australian former politician and lawyer who served as the 37th Attorney-General of Australia from 2017 to 2021 in the Turnbull government and the subsequent Morrison government. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Division of Pearce from 2013 to 2022 and a member of the Liberal Party of Australia. Porter also served as Leader of the House and Minister for Industrial Relations from 2019 to 2021, and Minister for Industry, Science and Technology in 2021 following his resignation as attorney-general.
From Perth, Porter attended Hale School, the University of Western Australia and later the London School of Economics, and practised law at Clayton Utz and taught law at the University of Western Australia before his election to parliament. He is the son of the 1956 Olympic silver medallist, Charles "Chilla" Porter and the grandson of Queensland Liberal politician, Charles Porter, who was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1966 to 1980.[5][6]
Before his election to the federal House of Representatives, Porter had served in the Parliament of Western Australia. He first entered the Legislative Assembly after winning the seat of Murdoch in a 2008 by-election following the death of the sitting member, Trevor Sprigg, and he was subsequently elected to the new seat of Bateman at the 2008 general election. After the Liberals formed government, Porter was appointed Attorney-General in the Barnett Ministry. In December 2010, he was also appointed Treasurer and held both portfolios until June 2012, when he resigned from the ministry to contest the 2013 federal election.
Before assuming his current position, Porter was Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister in the Abbott government from December 2014 to September 2015,[7][8] and then Minister for Social Services in the Turnbull government from September 2015 to December 2017. In March 2021 a historical rape allegation against Porter became public in the midst of the 2021 Australian Parliament House sexual misconduct allegations. Porter denied the claim and launched a defamation case against the ABC. The case was later dropped, with the ABC agreeing to pay all of Porter's mediation costs and appending an editor's note to the original article.
Porter resigned from the front bench in September 2021, after media reports revealed that he was a beneficiary of a blind trust relating to his legal action against the ABC.[9] Following much controversy and media scrutiny, in December of that year, Porter announced his retirement from politics.[10][11]
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^ ab"Hon Christopher Porter MP". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
^"First Speech: Hon Christian Porter MP". Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 13 February 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
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^Taylor, Lenore (21 December 2014). "Tony Abbott cabinet reshuffle moves Scott Morrison out of immigration". Guardian Australia. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
^"Tony Abbott's revamped Ministry sworn in at Government House". news.com.au. News Corp Australia. 23 December 2014. Archived from the original on 14 September 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
^"Christian Porter resigns from ministry". www.abc.net.au. 19 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
^Probyn, Andrew; Evans, Jake (1 December 2021). "Christian Porter quits politics, ending career of a Liberal once touted as a future PM, as Greg Hunt also plans exit". ABC News. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
^Harris, Rob; Clun, Rachel (1 December 2021). "'No regrets': Christian Porter to quit Parliament at next election". The Age. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
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