Paul Fletcher (as Minister for Territories, Local Government and Major Projects)
Succeeded by
Darren Chester
Minister for Regional Development
In office 18 February 2016 – 27 October 2017
Prime Minister
Malcolm Turnbull
Preceded by
Warren Truss (as Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development)
Succeeded by
Darren Chester
Minister for Regional Communications
In office 18 February 2016 – 27 October 2017
Prime Minister
Malcolm Turnbull
Preceded by
Sharon Bird (2013)
Succeeded by
Bridget McKenzie
Minister for Rural Health
In office 21 September 2015 – 19 July 2016
Prime Minister
Malcolm Turnbull
Preceded by
Office established
Succeeded by
Bridget McKenzie (2017)
Assistant Minister for Health
In office 18 September 2013 – 21 September 2015
Prime Minister
Tony Abbott Malcolm Turnbull
Preceded by
Christopher Pyne (as Assistant Minister for Health and Ageing)
Succeeded by
Ken Wyatt
Senator for New South Wales
In office 1 July 2005 – 27 October 2017
Succeeded by
Jim Molan
Personal details
Born
Fiona Joy Morton
(1965-05-06) 6 May 1965 (age 59) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Political party
National
Spouse
David Nash
(m. 1989)
Children
2
Alma mater
Mitchell College of Advanced Education
Occupation
Farmer Politician
Fiona Joy Nash (née Morton; born 6 May 1965) is a former Australian politician. She served as a Senator for New South Wales from 2005 to 2017, representing the National Party. She was the party's deputy leader from 2016 to 2017 and was a cabinet minister in the Turnbull government.
Nash was a farmer in Crowther, New South Wales, prior to entering politics. She was elected to the Senate at the 2004 federal election. After a period as whip, she was elected as deputy Senate leader of the National Party in 2008. Nash was an assistant minister in the Abbott government from 2013 to 2015. In the Turnbull government she served as Minister for Rural Health (2015–2016), Regional Development (2016–2017), Regional Communications (2016–2017), and Local Government and Territories (2016–2017). Nash was elevated to cabinet upon her election as deputy leader of the National Party in February 2016, the first woman to hold the position. Her political career came to an end as a result of the parliament eligibility crisis of 2017, where she was disqualified from parliament for holding British citizenship in breach of section 44 of the constitution.
Fiona Joy Nash (née Morton; born 6 May 1965) is a former Australian politician. She served as a Senator for New South Wales from 2005 to 2017, representing...
five Nationals (including one Country Liberal Party) senators through FionaNash and John Williams. The takeover was not expected nor revealed to the party...
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Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce MP, Deputy leader of the Nationals and Senator FionaNash, and Nick Xenophon Team leader and Senator Nick Xenophon—their cases were...
October 2017 for holding dual citizenship, along with former deputy leader, FionaNash. Merger plans came to a head in May 2008, when the Queensland state Liberal...
federal election and served as a whip from 2011 to 2013. McKenzie replaced FionaNash as deputy leader of the Nationals during the 2017 parliamentary eligibility...
office. However, his margin was reduced to just 217 votes more than Labor's Fiona McNamara. Following the 2007 election, Dutton was promoted to shadow cabinet...
co-governing National Party, Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce, Senator FionaNash, and Resources Minister Matt Canavan, who resigned from Cabinet after...
parliamentary eligibility crisis, the High Court declared him elected in place of FionaNash, who was ineligible to stand. He was not re-elected to the Senate in the...
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was elected as Leader and was sworn as the Deputy Prime Minister, and FionaNash was elected as Deputy Leader of the Nationals. Truss also resigned from...
Katharine (11 February 2016). "Barnaby Joyce wins Nationals leadership, FionaNash named deputy". The Guardian. Australia. Archived from the original on...
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with FionaNash as his deputy. As Nash was also a Senator, Scullion had to relinquish the Senate leadership to Senator Nash. In fact, Senator Nash had...
(27 October 2017). "High Court citizenship verdict: Nationals deputy FionaNash falls but Matt Canavan clings on". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved...
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