John Moore as Minister for Industry, Science and Technology Warwick Parer as Minister for Resources and Energy
Succeeded by
Ian Macfarlane as Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources Peter McGauran as Minister for Science
Special Minister of State
In office 9 October 1997 – 21 October 1998
Prime Minister
John Howard
Preceded by
No immediate predecessor
Succeeded by
Chris Ellison
Senator for South Australia
In office 1 July 1993 – 30 June 2011
Preceded by
Graham Maguire
Personal details
Born
(1953-04-15) 15 April 1953 (age 71) Sydney
Political party
Liberal Party of Australia
Spouse
Kerry Wakefield
Alma mater
Australian National University (BEc, LLB)
Profession
Lawyer
Nicholas Hugh MinchinAO (born 15 April 1953) is an Australian former politician and former Australian Consul-General in New York, USA.[1] He previously served as a Liberal member of the Australian Senate representing South Australia from July 1993 to June 2011, and a former cabinet minister in the Howard government.
^Australian Consulate-General, New York Retrieved 27 August 2016.
Nicholas Hugh Minchin AO (born 15 April 1953) is an Australian former politician and former Australian Consul-General in New York, USA. He previously...
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Parliamentary Library. "Minchin, Nick (1953–)". Retrieved 6 September 2013 – via Trove. Australian Parliamentary Library. "Minchin, Nick (1953–)". Trove. National...
against a "decrease in state rights", and opposition to WorkChoices. NickMinchin, a Liberal senator from South Australia, urged people not to vote for...
September 2001, then Minister for Industry, Science and Resources, Senator NickMinchin announced a $2 million Grant to a consortium of private "spatial firms"...
O'Brien, Tony Jones and Antony Green. Special guests included Senator NickMinchin (Finance Minister), representing the Coalition, and Julia Gillard (Deputy...
Students' Federation, during which time he came into political conflict with Nick Sherry and Sue Mackay, both later to be Australian Labor Party senators....
13 September 2010 Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Julia Gillard Preceded by NickMinchin Succeeded by Robert McClelland National President of the Labor Party...
Ferguson Jeannie Ferris Brian Gibson Bill Heffernan John Herron Rod Kemp NickMinchin Warwick Parer Kay Patterson Jim Short John Tierney Judith Troeth John...
longest-serving Finance Minister, having surpassed the record previously held by NickMinchin. In July 2020, Cormann announced that he would step down from politics...
25 March 1994 (1994-03-25) 11 March 1996 (1996-03-11) 1 year, 352 days 11 NickMinchin Liberal Howard 9 October 1997 (1997-10-09) 21 October 1998 (1998-10-21)...
speculated his odds would start on a favourable $1.50 for and $2.70 against. NickMinchin "urged people not to vote for Mr Xenophon", with the Liberal Party's...
Sir Kenneth Jacobs, former Justice of the High Court of Australia Hon NickMinchin, former Federal cabinet minister; leader of Opposition in the Senate...
holding a shared balance of power with the Family First Party and independent Nick Xenophon. The Coalition was reduced from 37 to 34 and Labor was reduced from...
university, as did senior politicians Annastacia Palaszczuk, Barry O'Farrell, NickMinchin, Kim Beazley Sr, Peter Garrett, Craig Emerson, Stephen Conroy, Gary Gray...
Terry lived in Williamstown. They have three children, one of whom is model Nick Bracks. Bracks was immediately elected to Labor's front bench, as Shadow...
3 September 2010 Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Julia Gillard Preceded by NickMinchin Succeeded by Penny Wong Member of the Australian Parliament for Melbourne...
Green. Both major parties finished with around 35% each, with Independent Nick Xenophon at almost 15% followed by the Greens on over 6%. The Liberals and...