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Line 1: {{Short description\|Australian politician}} {{Use dmy dates\|date=January 2016}} {{Use Australian English\|date=January 2016}} {{Infobox MPofficeholder \| honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable\|The Hon.]] \| name = Michael Lee \| honorific-suffix = \| image = MichaelLee.jpg \| constituency_MP = [[Division of Dobell\|Dobell]] \| parliament = Australian Line 34 ⟶ 35: '''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]], ~~and~~where he grew up in the ~~beach side~~beachside suburb of [[Cronulla, New South Wales\|Cronulla]]. ~~and~~Here, he attended [[De La Salle College ~~(Cronulla~~, ~~NSW)\|De La Salle College~~ Cronulla]]. His immediate classmates included [[Steve Hutchins]], ~~now~~a anformer Australian Senator, and [[John Della Bosca]], formerly the NSW Minister for Health ~~and now a backbencher in the NSW Legislative Council~~.~~{{Citation needed\|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▼ \| accessdate = 2008-01-25 }}</ref>▼ == 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>~~ \|url-status = dead \|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070915114110/http://parlinfoweb.aph.gov.au/piweb/view_document.aspx?TABLE=biogs&ID=9886 \|archivedate = 15 September 2007 \|df = dmy-all }}</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 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 the~~became President of the New South Wales branch of the Australian Labor Party in 2010, following the resignation of Bernie Riordan. ==References== Line 77 ⟶ 90: [[Category:Central Coast (New South Wales)]] [[Category:University of New South Wales alumni]] [[Category:~~People~~Politicians from Sydney]] [[Category:People from the Sutherland Shire]] [[Category:21st-century Australian politicians]] [[Category:20th-century Australian politicians]] [[Category:People educated at De La Salle College, Cronulla]]