Laurie Ferguson

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Laurie Donald Thomas Ferguson (born 7 July 1952), Australian politician, has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1990, representing the Division of Reid, New South Wales. He was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and grew up in the Sydney suburb of Guildford. He was the son of Jack Ferguson, who was Deputy Premier of New South Wales 1976-84. He is the brother of Martin Ferguson, also a federal MP, and both attended at St Patrick's College, Strathfield. His younger brother Andrew Ferguson is the NSW Secretary of the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (Construction and General Division). He is married to Maureen Walsh.

Ferguson was educated at Sydney University and was a Research Officer with the Federated Miscellaneous Workers' Union before entering politics. He was the member for Granville in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 1984-90.^[1]

In the federal Parliament, Ferguson was elected to the Opposition Shadow Ministry in March 1996 and was Shadow Minister for Immigration in 2004-05. His handling of the debate around Petro Georgiou's private member's bill on asylum seekers was severely criticised, and he was shifted to become Shadow Minister for Consumer Affairs; Population Health and Health Regulation in June 2005. Upon the election of the Rudd Labor government in 2007, Ferguson was not appointed to the ministry, but became Parliamentary Secretary for Multicultural Affairs and Settlement Services.

Ferguson is a member of the Board of Advisors of the Global Panel Foundation-Australasia.

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• The Global Panel Foundation

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NAME	Ferguson, Laurie Donald Thomas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Australian politician
DATE OF BIRTH	7 July 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
DATE OF DEATH	Living
PLACE OF DEATH