Geoff Provest
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Geoffrey Keith Provest (born 29 March 1958) is an Australia
n politician
and National Party of Australia
member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
. Provest has represented the Tweed
since 24 March 2007.
Provest was born on the North Coast of New South Wales to parents Sydney Keith Provest and Kath Provest.
Provest managed the Tweed Heads Bowls Club for 15 years. He is a Director of Bowls Australia and the Chairman of the Regional Salvation Army Annual Red Shield Charity Appeal. He was also a chairman of the Far Northern New South Wales Sustainable Region Committee, as well as chair of the Regional Clean Up Australia Day Committee, the Tweed & Coolangatta Tourism Inc, and the Acid Sulphate Soils Regional Committee.
Provest was named the Citizen of the Year for the Tweed Shire Council in the 2000 Australia Day awards.
Provest took Labor's most marginal seat from Neville Newell
in the 2007 election, where he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. He is currently a Member, Standing Committee on Broadband in Rural and Regional Communities.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n politician
Politician
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and National Party of Australia
National Party of Australia
The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...
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...
. Provest has represented the Tweed
Electoral district of Tweed
Tweed is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Geoff Provest of the National Party of Australia. It includes eastern Tweed Shire, including Tweed Heads, Kingscliff, Fingal Head, Chinderah, Cudgen, Bogangar, Pottsville and...
since 24 March 2007.
Provest was born on the North Coast of New South Wales to parents Sydney Keith Provest and Kath Provest.
Provest managed the Tweed Heads Bowls Club for 15 years. He is a Director of Bowls Australia and the Chairman of the Regional Salvation Army Annual Red Shield Charity Appeal. He was also a chairman of the Far Northern New South Wales Sustainable Region Committee, as well as chair of the Regional Clean Up Australia Day Committee, the Tweed & Coolangatta Tourism Inc, and the Acid Sulphate Soils Regional Committee.
Provest was named the Citizen of the Year for the Tweed Shire Council in the 2000 Australia Day awards.
Provest took Labor's most marginal seat from Neville Newell
Neville Newell
Neville Joseph Newell is an Australian politician. He served as a member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1990 until 1996 and as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1999 to 2007....
in the 2007 election, where he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. He is currently a Member, Standing Committee on Broadband in Rural and Regional Communities.