Rick Wilson — connections and sources

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Liberal Party of Australia MP for O'Connor since 2013 · Liberal National Right faction · attends 82% of votes, rebels 0.2% · 14 sourced connections

Liberal Party of Australia
Liberal National Right
82% attendance
0.2% rebellion
14 connections

Public profile

Biography

Richard James Wilson (born 2 January 1966) is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Liberal Party and has represented the Western Australian seat of O'Connor in the House of Representatives since the 2013 federal election. He was a farmer before entering politics.

Adapted and shortened from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Date of birth: 1966-01-02
Place of birth: Katanning, Australia
APH identifier: 198084

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Ben Small · Shared faction: Liberal National RightWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
Garth Hamilton · Shared faction: Liberal National RightWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price · Shared faction: Liberal National RightWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
Aaron Violi · Shared faction: Liberal National RightWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
Aaron Violi · Shared party: Liberal Party of AustraliaParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
Simon Kennedy · Shared party: Liberal Party of AustraliaParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
Dave Sharma · Shared party: Liberal Party of AustraliaParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
Tony Pasin · Shared party: Liberal Party of AustraliaParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)

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Current and senior roles

5 June 2022–28 May 2025Shadow Assistant Minister — for — Trade
30 July 2021–11 April 2022Member of the Speaker's Panel
9 September 2019–15 February 2021Member of the Speaker's Panel

Committee service

2 August 2022–presentHouse of Representatives Standing — Agriculture — Deputy Chair
1 August 2022–presentHouse of Representatives Standing — Industry, Science and Resources
11 May 2021–25 March 2022Joint Select — Road Safety
24 October 2019–9 November 2020Joint Select — Road Safety
17 September 2019–15 March 2022House of Representatives Select — Regional Australia
4 July 2019–11 April 2022Joint Statutory — Public Works — Chair

Qualifications

Date not recordedBBus(Ag)

Occupations

1 January 2008–1 January 2011Chairman of the Grains Committee at the Pastoralists and Graziers Association from 2008 to 2011.
1 January 2000–1 January 2008Vice-Chairman of the Grains Committee at the Pastoralists and Graziers Association from 2000 to 2008.
1 January 1990–1 January 2013Self-employed farmer from 1990 to 2013.

Current parliamentary service

2025 — presentRe-elected 2025Source
2022 — 2025Re-elected 2022Source
2019 — 2022Re-elected 2019Source
2016 — 2019Re-elected 2016Source
2013 — 2016Elected to the House of Representatives for O'Connor, Western Australia, 2013.Source

Sources and methodology

Parliament of AustraliaPerson biography and official service history.WikipediaPerson biography and official service history.They Vote For YouVoting attendance and party-rebellion measures.WikidataIdentity, parliamentary eligibility and public records.WikipediaPublic source used for the faction classification.WhoRunsAus methodologyDefinitions, limitations and correction policy.

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