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The Honourable
Trevor Evans
MP
Evans in 2016
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Brisbane
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 July 2016 (2016-07-02)
Preceded byTeresa Gambaro
Personal details
Born
Trevor Mark Evans

(1981-08-28) 28 August 1981 (age 43)
Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia
Political partyLiberal National
Alma materUniversity of Queensland
ProfessionEconomist

Trevor Mark Evans (born 28 August 1981) is an Australian politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives since the 2016 federal election, representing the Division of Brisbane. He is a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland, and sits with the Liberal Party in federal parliament.[1] In May 2019, Evans was appointed Assistant Minister for Waste Reduction and Environmental Management in the Morrison Government.

Early life

Evans was born on 28 August 1981 in Tweed Heads, New South Wales.[2] He is one of four children born to Norm and Carol Evans. He was educated at government schools in Mitcham, Victoria; Elimbah, Queensland; and Beerwah, Queensland.[3] Evans holds the degrees of Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Laws (Hons.) from the University of Queensland.[2] He was the first member of his family to attend university.[3]

Professional career

Evans was an investigator with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission from 2004 to 2007, an economist with the Queensland Competition Authority from 2008 to 2009, the chief of staff to then Shadow Minister for Health Peter Dutton in 2010, and an economist with Seqwater from 2011 to 2012. Before his election in 2016, Evans was the chief executive officer of the National Retail Association from 2012.[2]

Parliamentary career

In 2016, Evans was preselected as the LNP candidate for Brisbane, replacing the retiring Teresa Gambaro. The contest for Brisbane in 2016 was the first time both major parties had put forward openly gay candidates in a single electorate: Evans and his Labor opponent, Pat O'Neill.[1][4]

Evans retained Brisbane for the LNP at the 2016 federal election and was re-elected in 2019. He was subsequently appointed Assistant Minister for Waste Reduction and Environmental Management in the Second Morrison Ministry, under Environment Minister Sussan Ley.[5]

Political positions

Evans opposed the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey, a policy of the Turnbull Government, preferring that the issue of same-sex marriage be put directly to a parliamentary vote.[6]

Personal life

Evans announced his engagement to obstetrician Roger Martin in 2021.[7] He is Queensland's first openly gay federal MP.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Brisbane - Australia Votes". Election 2016. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "Hon Trevor Evans MP". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Maiden speech". Hansard. Parliament of Australia. 14 September 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  4. ^ Atfield, Cameron (14 April 2016). "Trevor Evans wins Brisbane LNP preselection, setting up historic election". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  5. ^ Dennett, Hayley (26 May 2019). "New cabinet, machinery of government changes: Second Morrison Ministry". The Mandarin. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  6. ^ a b Withey, Andree (31 July 2017). "Queensland's first openly gay MP, Trevor Evans, wants same-sex marriage vote now". ABC News. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  7. ^ Roychowdhury, Swagatalakshmi (31 January 2021). "Gay Brisbane Liberal Trevor Evans gets engaged". Star Observer. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
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Preceded by Member for Brisbane
2016–present 		Incumbent



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