George Souris

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The Honourable George Souris MP

Minister for the Arts
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 April 2011
Premier	Barry O'Farrell
Preceded by	Virginia Judge
Minister for Tourism, Major Events, Hospitality and Racing
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 April 2011
Preceded by	Jodi McKay, Kevin Greene
Member of the New South Wales Parliament for Upper Hunter
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 March 1988
Preceded by	Col Fisher
Personal details
Born	(1949-07-12) 12 July 1949 Gunnedah, New South Wales
Nationality	Australian
Political party	National Party of Australia
Spouse(s)	Vassy
Children	Two sons
Alma mater	University of New England
Profession	Accountant
Website	Parliamentary website

George Souris JP MP (born 12 July 1949) is an Australian politician and member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. He is currently the Minister for Tourism, Major Events, Hospitality and Racing, and Minister for the Arts in the O'Farrell Liberal/National government. He was born at Gunnedah and was educated at The Armidale School and the University of New England. He has practised as a qualified public accountant, company auditor and taxation consultant. He is married with two sons.^[1]

Souris has represented Upper Hunter for the National Party of Australia since 1988. He was Minister for Finance and Minister for Ethnic Affairs from July 1992 to May 1993 and Minister for Land and Water Conservation from May 1993 to the defeat of the Fahey government in March 1995. He was the leader of the Parliamentary National Party from January 1999 to March 2003.^[2]

When he stood down as National Party leader he became the first person to leave the National Party leadership without becoming Deputy Premier since Sir Davis Hughes (served 1958 to 1959 when the party was then called the Country Party).^{[citation needed]}

Notes

↑ "George Souris". National Party of Australia (New South Wales). Archived from the original on 2007-08-13. Retrieved 2007-02-19.
↑ "The Hon. George Souris, BEc, DipFMgt, FAIM, FCPA MP". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 February 2010.

Parliament of New South Wales
Preceded by Col Fisher	Member for Upper Hunter 1988 – present	Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Bob Rowland Smith	Minister for Sport, Recreation and Racing 1991 – 1992	Succeeded by Joe Schipp
Preceded by Phillip Smiles	Assistant Treasurer of New South Wales 1992 – 1993	Vacant Title next held by John Della Bosca
Preceded by John Fahey	Minister for Ethnic Affairs 1992 – 1995	Succeeded by Bob Carr
Preceded by Virginia Judge	Minister for the Arts 2011 – present	Incumbent
Preceded by Jodi McKay as Minister for Tourism	Minister for Tourism, Major Events, Hospitality and Racing 2011 – present	Incumbent
		Incumbent
Preceded by Kevin Greene as Minister for Gaming and Racing and Minister for Major Events
Party political offices
Preceded by Ian Armstrong	Deputy Leader of the New South Wales National Party 1993 – 1999	Succeeded by John Turner
Preceded by Ian Armstrong	Leader of the New South Wales National Party 1999 – 2003	Succeeded by Andrew Stoner

v t e Current members of the Cabinet of New South Wales

Barry O'Farrell Andrew Stoner John Ajaka Stuart Ayres Mike Baird Gladys Berejiklian Andrew Constance Victor Dominello Mike Gallacher Duncan Gay Pru Goward Brad Hazzard Katrina Hodgkinson Kevin Humphries Don Page Robyn Parker Adrian Piccoli Anthony Roberts Jillian Skinner Greg Smith George Souris

v t e Current Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly

Liberal (50)	Greg Aplin Stuart Ayres Mike Baird Bart Bassett Craig Baumann Gladys Berejiklian Glenn Brookes Charles Casuscelli Kevin Conolly Andrew Constance Andrew Cornwell Mark Coure Tanya Davies Victor Dominello Bryan Doyle Garry Edwards David Elliott Lee Evans John Flowers Melanie Gibbons Pru Goward Shelley Hancock Chris Hartcher Brad Hazzard Chris Holstein Tony Issa Matt Kean Geoff Lee Daryl Maguire Bruce Notley-Smith Jonathan O'Dea Barry O'Farrell Tim Owen Robyn Parker Chris Patterson Dominic Perrottet Anthony Roberts Andrew Rohan Jai Rowell Roza Sage John Sidoti Jillian Skinner Greg Smith Mark Speakman Chris Spence Rob Stokes Gabrielle Upton Gareth Ward Darren Webber Ray Williams

Nationals (19)	Kevin Anderson John Barilaro Stephen Bromhead Andrew Fraser Andrew Gee Thomas George Troy Grant Chris Gulaptis Katrina Hodgkinson Kevin Humphries Adam Marshall Don Page Adrian Piccoli Geoff Provest George Souris Andrew Stoner Paul Toole John Williams Leslie Williams

Labor (21)	Richard Amery Clayton Barr Linda Burney Cherie Burton Barry Collier Michael Daley Robert Furolo Noreen Hay Ron Hoenig Sonia Hornery Nick Lalich Paul Lynch Tania Mihailuk Andrew McDonald Ryan Park Barbara Perry Nathan Rees John Robertson Carmel Tebbutt Anna Watson Guy Zangari

Independents (2)	Alex Greenwich Greg Piper

Greens (1)	Jamie Parker

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Persondata
Name	Souris, George
Alternative names
Short description	New South Wales politician
Date of birth	12 July 1949
Place of birth	Gunnedah, New South Wales
Date of death
Place of death

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