George Souris

The Honourable
George Souris

MP
The Honourable; George Souris ; MP
Minister for the Arts
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 3 April 2011
Premier	Barry O'Farrell
Preceded by	Virginia Judge
Minister for Tourism, Major Events, Hospitality and Racing
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 3 April 2011
Preceded by	Jodi McKay, Kevin Greene
Member of the New South Wales Parliament; for Upper Hunter
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 19 March 1988
Preceded by	Col Fisher
Personal details
Born	12 July 1949 (age 75); Gunnedah, New South Wales
Nationality	Australian
Political party	National Party of Australia
Spouse	Vassy
Children	Two sons
Alma mater	University of New England
Profession	Accountant
Website	Parliamentary website

George Souris JP MP (born 12 July 1949) is an Australian politician and member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. He is currently the Minister for Tourism, Major Events, Hospitality and Racing, and Minister for the Arts in the O'Farrell Liberal/National government. He was born at Gunnedah and was educated at The Armidale School and the University of New England. He has practised as a qualified public accountant, company auditor and taxation consultant. He is married with two sons.^[1]

Souris has represented Upper Hunter for the National Party of Australia since 1988. He was Minister for Finance and Minister for Ethnic Affairs from July 1992 to May 1993 and Minister for Land and Water Conservation from May 1993 to the defeat of the Fahey government in March 1995. He was the leader of the Parliamentary National Party from January 1999 to March 2003.^[2]

When he stood down as National Party leader he became the first person to leave the National Party leadership without becoming Deputy Premier since Sir Davis Hughes ^[3] (served 1958 to 1959 when the party was then called the Country Party).

Notes

^ "George Souris". National Party of Australia (New South Wales). Archived from the original on 2007-08-13. Retrieved 2007-02-19.
^ "The Hon. George Souris, BEc, DipFMgt, FAIM, FCPA MP". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leader_of_the_New_South_Wales_National_Party

Parliament of New South Wales
Preceded by Col Fisher	Member for Upper Hunter 1988 – present	Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Bob Rowland Smith	Minister for Sport, Recreation and Racing 1991 – 1992	Succeeded by Joe Schipp
Preceded by Phillip Smiles	Assistant Treasurer of New South Wales 1992 – 1993	Vacant Title next held by John Della Bosca
Preceded by John Fahey	Minister for Ethnic Affairs 1992 – 1995	Succeeded by Bob Carr
Preceded by Virginia Judge	Minister for the Arts 2011 – present	Incumbent
Preceded by Jodi McKay as Minister for Tourism	Minister for Tourism, Major Events, Hospitality and Racing 2011 – present	Incumbent
Preceded by Kevin Greene as Minister for Gaming and Racing and Minister for Major Events		Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by Ian Armstrong	Deputy Leader of the New South Wales National Party 1993 – 1999	Succeeded by John Turner
Preceded by Ian Armstrong	Leader of the New South Wales National Party 1999 – 2003	Succeeded by Andrew Stoner

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[1] "George Souris". National Party of Australia (New South Wales). Archived from the original on 2007-08-13. Retrieved 2007-02-19.

[2] "The Hon. George Souris, BEc, DipFMgt, FAIM, FCPA MP". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 February 2010.

[3] ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leader_of_the_New_South_Wales_National_Party

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