Chris Bourke
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| Member of the ACT Legislative Assembly | |
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| Preceded by | Jon Stanhope |
| Constituency | Ginninderra |
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| Party | Labor Party |
| Melbourne University | |
| Profession | Dentist |
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Christopher John Bourke is an Australian politician, a Labor member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly representing the electorate of Ginninderra from 2011 to 2016. He was the first Indigenous Australian elected to the ACT Legislative Assembly.[1] He filled the casual vacancy created by the resignation of former Chief Minister Jon Stanhope.[2]
Bourke grew up in country Australia.[3] He graduated from Melbourne University in 1982, where he was the first Indigenous Australian to complete a dentistry degree.[4] He undertook graduate studies at the University of Adelaide and the University of Sydney.[3] Prior to being elected in 2011, Bourke worked as a dentist, performing locum dentistry work in remote areas of Australia after a period of private practice in Canberra. He is President of the Indigenous Dentists' Association of Australia.[5]
Political career
Bourke was elected to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly following the resignation of former Chief Minister Jon Stanhope.[2] His election was the result of a countback of ballots cast for Stanhope in the 2008 Australian Capital Territory election.[6] Following his election, Mr Bourke was made Minister of Education, Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, Minister for Industrial Relations, and Minister for Corrections until the 2012 election, when he was not reappointed as a minister.[7]
On 22 January 2016, Bourke was reappointed as a minister, and was made Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, Minister for Children and Young People, Minister for Disability, Minister for Small Business and the Arts and Minister for Veterans and Seniors.[8] Bourke was defeated at the 2016 election in October.
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Bourke to be first indigenous MLA". The Canberra Times. 30 May 2011. Archived from the original on 18 August 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Dr Chris Bourke officially declared elected to fill the casual vacancy". ACT Electoral Commission. 1 June 2011. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Dr Christopher Bourke". Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet. Archived from the original on 15 April 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Congratulations Chris Bourke". Regional Development Australia, ACT. 1 June 2011. Archived from the original on 25 August 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Indigenous Dentists' Association of Australia". Archived from the original on 23 April 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Casual vacancy countback result: Mr Chris Bourke to be elected to the ACT Legislative Assembly". ACT Electoral Commission. 30 May 2011. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."ACT Government Media Releases". 16 August 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Ministerial Appointment 2016 (No 1)" (PDF).
