Dominic Francis Perrottet MP, an Australian politician, is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly

New South Wales Legislative Assembly

The Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The other chamber is the Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney...

 representing Castle Hill

Electoral district of Castle Hill

Castle Hill is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, formed during the redistribution in 2004. It is an urban electorate in Sydney's north west, taking in the suburbs of Castle Hill, Carlingford and West Pennant Hills...

 for the Liberal Party of Australia

Liberal Party of Australia

The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...

 since 2011

New South Wales state election, 2011

Elections to the 55th Parliament of New South Wales were held on Saturday, 26 March 2011. The 16-year incumbent Australian Labor Party government led by Premier Kristina Keneally was defeated in a landslide by the Liberal-National coalition opposition led by Barry O'Farrell.New South Wales has...

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Early life and background

Perottet was born and raised in West Pennant Hills, Sydney. He was active in student politics whilst studying at Sydney University and campaigned for voluntary student unionism

Voluntary student unionism

Voluntary student unionism is a policy, notable in Australia, under which membership of – and payment of membership fees to – university student organisations is voluntary....

. He gained first class honours in law and went on to work as a commercial lawyer for Henry Davis York.

Political career

Perrottet won preselection in November 2010 with the backing of right wing powerbroker David Clarke

David Clarke (Australian politician)

David John Clarke, an Australian politician, is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council representing the Liberal Party of Australia since 2003. and is considered to have conservative Christian views.-Personal life:...

 and has been described as "Clarke's protege." Perottet's association with Clarke assisted his preselection. Clarke battled against Alex Hawke

Alex Hawke

Alexander George "Alex" Hawke MP , an Australian politician, is a member of the Australian House of Representatives representing Mitchell, in north-western metropolitan Sydney, for the Liberal Party of Australia since 2007...

, Federal Member for Mitchell

Division of Mitchell

The Division of Mitchell is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. It is located in the north-west suburbs of Sydney, and includes the entire suburbs of Baulkham Hills, Beaumont Hills, Bella Vista, Box Hill, Kellyville, Nelson and Winston Hills...

, to gain control of preselections.

Perrottet was elected to the very safe Liberal seat with a swing of 12.2 per cent and won the seat with 80.8 per cent of the vote on a two party preferred basis. His main opponent was Ryan Tracey, representing Labor.

External links

• Mr Dominic Francis PERROTTET, MP - Parliament of New South Wales
  Parliament of New South Wales
  The Parliament of New South Wales, located in Parliament House on Macquarie Street, Sydney, is the main legislative body in the Australian state of New South Wales . It is a bicameral parliament elected by the people of the state in general elections. The parliament shares law making powers with...