Australian politician, 16th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia
For the engineering truss, see Warren truss.
The Honourable
Warren Truss
AC
Truss in 2010
Deputy Prime Minister of Australia
In office 18 September 2013 – 18 February 2016
Prime Minister
Tony Abbott Malcolm Turnbull
Preceded by
Anthony Albanese
Succeeded by
Barnaby Joyce
Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development
In office 18 September 2013 – 18 February 2016
Prime Minister
Tony Abbott Malcolm Turnbull
Preceded by
Anthony Albanese (Infrastructure and Transport) Sharon Bird (Regional Development)
Succeeded by
Darren Chester (Infrastructure and Transport) Fiona Nash (Regional Development)
Leader of the National Party
In office 3 December 2007 – 11 February 2016
Deputy
Nigel Scullion Barnaby Joyce
Preceded by
Mark Vaile
Succeeded by
Barnaby Joyce
Deputy Leader of the National Party
In office 23 June 2005 – 3 December 2007
Leader
Mark Vaile
Preceded by
Mark Vaile
Succeeded by
Nigel Scullion
Minister for Trade
In office 10 August 2006 – 3 December 2007
Prime Minister
John Howard
Preceded by
Mark Vaile
Succeeded by
Simon Crean
Minister for Transport and Regional Services
In office 6 July 2005 – 10 August 2006
Prime Minister
John Howard
Preceded by
John Anderson
Succeeded by
Mark Vaile
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
In office 20 July 1999 – 6 July 2005
Prime Minister
John Howard
Preceded by
Mark Vaile
Succeeded by
Peter McGauran
Member of the Australian Parliament for Wide Bay
In office 24 March 1990 – 2 July 2016
Preceded by
Clarrie Millar
Succeeded by
Llew O'Brien
Personal details
Born
Warren Errol Truss
(1948-10-08) 8 October 1948 (age 75) Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia
Political party
Liberal National (since 2008)
Other political affiliations
Nationals (until 2008)
Spouse
Lyn Truss
Website
Official website Warren Truss on Twitter
Warren Errol TrussAC (born 8 October 1948) is a former Australian politician who served as the 16th deputy prime minister of Australia and the minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development in the Abbott government and the Turnbull government.[1] Truss served as the federal leader of the National Party of Australia (The Nationals) between 2007 and 11 February 2016 when he announced his decision to retire and not contest the 2016 federal election.[2][3][4] He was the member of the House of Representatives for Wide Bay from the 1990 election until his retirement in May 2016. Following the merger of the Queensland branches of the Nationals and Liberals, Truss was re-elected in 2010 for the Liberal National Party.
^"Tony Abbott's cabinet and outer ministry". The Sydney Morning Herald. AAP. 16 September 2013. Archived from the original on 6 August 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
^Murphy, Katharine (11 February 2016). "Barnaby Joyce wins Nationals leadership, Fiona Nash named deputy". The Guardian. Australia. Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
^Gartrell, Adam (11 February 2016). "Parliament pays tribute to retiring deputy PM Warren Truss ahead of Barnaby Joyce elevation". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
^Keany, Francis (11 February 2016). "Barnaby Joyce elected unopposed as new Nationals leader". ABC News. Australia. Archived from the original on 11 February 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
In structural engineering, a Warrentruss or equilateral truss is a type of truss employing a weight-saving design based upon equilateral triangles. It...
Warren Errol Truss AC (born 8 October 1948) is a former Australian politician who served as the 16th deputy prime minister of Australia and the minister...
A truss bridge is a bridge whose load-bearing superstructure is composed of a truss, a structure of connected elements, usually forming triangular units...
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role until Labor's defeat at the 2013 election, and was replaced by WarrenTruss on 18 September. Following the defeat of Labor at the 2013 election,...
commonly used designs were the Howe truss, Pratt truss, Bollman truss, Fink truss, and Warrentruss. The Howe and Pratt trusses found favor because they used...
Nigel Scullion as deputy leader of the National Party. He succeeded WarrenTruss as party leader and deputy prime minister in 2016. In the Abbott and...
use in modern architecture by Dutch architect Hendrik Petrus Berlage. Warrentruss structures, such as bridges, are commonly arranged in isosceles triangles...
in Navajo County, eastern Arizona, United States. It is a steel Warren Pony truss bridge over Chevelon Creek, built on the first permanent road connecting...
The Integrated Truss Structure (ITS) of the International Space Station (ISS) consists of a linear arranged sequence of connected trusses on which various...
24 September 2006 he switched portfolios with deputy Nationals leader WarrenTruss and became Minister for Transport and Regional Services. His new position...
became a pedestrian crossing Musson's or Flindon Road bridge – c. 1910 Warrentruss bridge located near the current Albion Road bridge and demolished 1960;...
predicted concrete beams with this reinforcing system would bend like a Warrentruss, and also thought of this rebar as shear reinforcement. Kahn's reinforcing...
prime minister, starting the Turnbull government. On 11 February 2016 WarrenTruss, the Deputy Prime Minister, announced his decision to retire from politics...
name(s) Long Island Viaduct Owner City of Boston Characteristics Design Warrentruss Material Steel, concrete and rebar Total length 3,450 ft (1,051.6 m)...
members of the Liberal–National Coalition. The Leader of The Nationals, WarrenTruss, served as Deputy Prime Minister. Following the 2013 Australian federal...
that was specially designed to work underwater. A 150 ft (46 m) long Warrentruss suspended span connects the two cantilevers in the middle. The bridge's...
Abbott and Coalition partner the National Party of Australia, led by WarrenTruss, after Labor formed a minority government with the support of three independent...
known locally as the Second Street Bridge, is a four-lane cantilevered truss bridge crossing the Ohio River between Louisville, Kentucky, and Jeffersonville...
The Sir Isaac Brock Bridge is a steel Warrentruss bridge in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It lies along Bathurst Street over the railway tracks between Front...
Julia Gillard (2007–10) Wayne Swan (2010–13) Anthony Albanese (2013) WarrenTruss (2013–16) Barnaby Joyce (2016–18, 2021–22) Michael McCormack (2018–21)...
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