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Revision as of 23:10, 9 November 2022

The Honourable
Luke Howarth
MP
Howarth visiting Woody Point Pharmacy in the electorate of Petrie
Assistant Minister for Youth and Employment Services
In office
22 December 2020 – 23 May 2022
Assistant Minister for Community Housing, Homelessness and Community Services
In office
29 May 2019 – 22 December 2020
Member of Parliament
for Petrie
Assumed office
7 September 2013
Preceded byYvette D'Ath
Personal details
Born (1972-06-06) 6 June 1972 (age 52)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Political partyLNP
OccupationPolitician

Luke Ronald Howarth (born 6 June 1972) is an Australian politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives since the 2013 federal election, representing the Division of Petrie. He is a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland, and sits with the Liberal Party in federal parliament.[1]

Early life and education

Howarth was born in Brisbane, Queensland in 1972, to Ron and Denise Howarth, and grew up in Bracken Ridge. Howarth has one sister.[2][3]

He married his wife Louise in 1999, and they have three sons.[2]

Howarth joined the LNP when he was 19 years old.[2]

Career

After leaving school, Howarth's first job was working at Barry Bull's Toombul Music.[2] He worked at Sony Australia as a sales rep from 1993 to 2001.[4] In 2002, Howarth joined his family's pest control business, alongside his mother, father and wife.[2]

Political career

In 2004, Howarth ran in the Queensland state election in the electoral district of Sandgate against the incumbent Labor MP Gordon Nuttall, however was unsuccessful despite a 10% swing to him.[2][5]

At the 2013 federal election, Howarth won the seat of Petrie with a 3.04% swing[6] to him, defeating the sitting ALP member, Yvette D'Ath, who had held the seat since the 2007 federal election.[7] He was reelected at the 2016 federal election, with an increased 1.6% margin.[citation needed] In line with other Liberal National Party candidates in Queensland, there was a significant swing in the 2019 election, increasing the margin to 8.4%.[8][9] In May 2022, Howarth won despite a 3.96% swing against him[10] margin and became the first opposition MP to hold the seat in 35 years.[citation needed]

In August 2018, Howarth played a key role in the leadership spill which removed Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull from his position.[11]

In July 2019, Howarth spoke to ABC Radio National in his newly appointed role as the Assistant Minister for Community Housing, Homelessness and Community Services. Howarth announced he wanted to "put a positive spin on [homelessness][12]". He claimed that homelessness had reduced in the area of rough sleeping over the past 15 years from 8,926 people in 2001 to 8,200 people in 2016 despite a 20% increase in the population. However, this claim has mixed verdicts, as the figures disguise a sharp rebound in the number of rough sleepers over the most recent five-year period, where the 2011 census put the number of rough sleepers at 6,810 (a rate of 3.2 people per 10,000 of population) and risen by 20% to 8,200 (a rate of 3.5 per 10,000) by 2016.[13][14]

Howarth served as the Assistant Minister for Youth and Employment Services from December 2020[15] until May 2022. Following the Liberal government's defeat in the 2022 election, Howarth was appointed as the Shadow Minister for Defence Industry and the Shadow Minister for Defence Personnel.[16]

Howarth is a member of the National Right faction of the Liberal Party.[17]

References

  1. ^ "Luke Howarth Candidate for Petrie". Liberal Party of Australia. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Moore, Tony (25 October 2013). "Luke, not Clive, Queensland's newest conservative MP". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  3. ^ "ParlInfo - GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S SPEECH : Address-in-Reply". parlinfo.aph.gov.au. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Hon Luke Howarth MP". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Sandgate - 2004 - Election Archive - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". www.abc.net.au. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  6. ^ Commission, Australian Electoral. "House of Representatives Division First Preferences". results.aec.gov.au. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Petrie - Australia Votes | Federal Election 2013 (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". ABC News. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Electorate: Petrie". Australia Votes. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  9. ^ "Petrie (Key Seat) - Federal Election 2019 Electorate, Candidates, Results | Australia Votes - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". ABC News. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  10. ^ scheme=AGLSTERMS. AglsAgent; corporateName=Australian Electoral Commission; address=50 Marcus Clarke Street, Canberra. "House of Representatives division information". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 21 June 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ Koziol, Michael (14 April 2019). "The battle for Petrie: Labor smells blood, but One Nation could be kingmakers". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  12. ^ Henriques-Gomes, Luke (9 July 2019). "Community housing minister Luke Howarth wants a 'positive spin' on homelessness". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  13. ^ "Minister for Housing Luke Howarth wants a 'positive spin' on homelessness". www.msn.com. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  14. ^ Check, RMIT ABC Fact (15 July 2019). "Why Luke Howarth's claims on homelessness in Australia get mixed verdicts". ABC News. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  15. ^ "Media Statement 18 Dec Prime Minister". Prime Minister of Australia. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  16. ^ corporateName=Commonwealth Parliament; address=Parliament House, Canberra. "Shadow Ministry". www.aph.gov.au. Retrieved 21 June 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  17. ^ Massola, James. "Who's who in the Liberals' left, right and centre factions?". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
Parliament of Australia
Preceded by Member for Petrie
2013–present 		Incumbent
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