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'''Michael John Lee''' (born 24 March 1957) is an Australian [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] politician. He was a member of the [[Australian House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] 1984–2001, a minister in [[Paul Keating]]'s government, and a member of the [[City of Sydney]] Council 2004–08.
 
== Early life and education ==
Lee was born in [[Sydney]], andwhere he grew up in the beach sidebeachside suburb of [[Cronulla, New South Wales|Cronulla]]. andHere, he attended [[De La Salle College (Cronulla, NSW)|De La Salle College Cronulla]]. His immediate classmates included [[Steve Hutchins]], nowa anformer Australian Senator, and [[John Della Bosca]], formerly the NSW Minister for Health and now a backbencher in the NSW Legislative Council.{{Fact|date=January 2008}}
 
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]]. He was subsequently elected as a [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] member of the [[Australian House of Representatives]] for the seat of [[Division of Dobell|Dobell]], at the [[Australian federal election, 1984|1984 election]], serving until being defeated at the [[Australian federal election, 2001|2001 election]] by [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal candidate]] [[Ken Ticehurst]].<ref name=aph>{{cite web
| title =Biography for Lee, the Hon. Michael John
| publisher =[[Parliament of Australia]]
| work=ParlInfo Web
| url =http://parlinfoweb.aph.gov.au/piweb/view_document.aspx?id=9886&table=BIOGS
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== Political career ==
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 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.
He was subsequently elected as a [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] member of the [[Australian House of Representatives]] for the seat of [[Division of Dobell|Dobell]], at the [[1984 Australian federal election|1984 election]], serving until being defeated at the [[2001 Australian federal election|2001 election]] by [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal candidate]] [[Ken Ticehurst]].<ref name="aph">{{cite web
|title | title = Biography for Lee, the Hon. Michael John
| publisher = [[Parliament of Australia]]
|work | work= ParlInfo Web
|url | url = http://parlinfoweb.aph.gov.au/piweb/view_document.aspx?id=9886&table=BIOGS
| accessdate = 2008-01-25 }}</ref>
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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]]. 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 is now the President of the New South Wales branch of the Australian Labor Party, following the resignation of Bernie Riordan.
 
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>
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 [[1996 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 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.
 
HeLee is now thebecame President of the New South Wales branch of the Australian Labor Party in 2010, following the resignation of Bernie Riordan.
 
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