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{{Short description|Australian politician}}
{{Infobox MP▼
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| honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable|The Hon.]]
| name = Michael Lee
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| image = MichaelLee.jpg
| constituency_MP = [[Division of Dobell|Dobell]]
| parliament = Australian
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| term_end = 10 November 2001
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1957|3|24}}
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| party = [[Australian Labor Party]]
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'''Michael John Lee''' (born 24 March 1957) is an
== Early life and education ==
Lee was born in [[Sydney]],
After graduating in electrical engineering from the [[University of New South Wales]], Lee was employed as an engineer at the Munmorah Power Station and Vales Point Power Station on the [[Central Coast (New South Wales)|Central Coast]] of [[New South Wales]].
== Political career == He was subsequently elected as |title
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In March 1993, Lee was appointed [[Minister for Tourism (Australia)|Minister for Tourism]] and [[Minister for Resources and Energy (Australia)|Minister for Resources]] in the [[second Keating Ministry]].
As Arts Minister, his first shadow was Opposition Leader John Hewson who had also been the Shadow Arts Minister.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:%22library/prspub/3758981%22|title = ParlInfo - Search Results}}</ref>
He lost his ministerial responsibility with the defeat of the [[Paul Keating|Keating]] government at the [[1996 Australian federal election|1996 election]]. He was Shadow Minister for Health from 1996 to 1998 and shadow Minister for Education from 1998 to 2001.<ref name=aph/> Following his defeat in 2001, he ran as the Labor candidate for [[List of Mayors and Lord Mayors of Sydney|Lord Mayor of Sydney]] in 2004, and was defeated by [[Clover Moore]], but was elected to the Council.
Lee became President of the New South Wales branch of the Australian Labor Party in 2010, following the resignation of Bernie Riordan.
▲In March 1993, Lee was appointed [[Minister for Tourism (Australia)|Minister for Tourism]] and [[Minister for Resources and Energy (Australia)|Minister for Resources]] in the [[second Keating Ministry]]. In December 1993, he replaced Bob Collins and David Beddall as [[Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (Australia)|Minister for Communications]]. In January 1994 he gained responsibility for the arts. He lost his ministerial responsibility with the defeat of the [[Paul Keating|Keating]] government at the [[Australian federal election, 1996|1996 election]]. He was Shadow Minister for Health from 1996 to 1998 and shadow Minister for Education from 1998 to 2001.<ref name=aph/> Following his defeat in the [[Australian federal election, 2001|2001 election]], he ran as the Labor candidate for [[List of Mayors and Lord Mayors of Sydney|Lord Mayor of Sydney]] in 2004, and was defeated by [[Clover Moore]], but was elected to the Council.
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