Jason Clare

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The Honourable Jason Clare MP

Minister for Justice Minister for Home Affairs
In office 14 December 2011 – 18 September 2013
Prime Minister	Julia Gillard Kevin Rudd
Preceded by	Brendan O'Connor
Succeeded by	Michael Keenan (Justice) Position abolished (Home Affairs)
Minister for Defence Materiel
In office 1 March 2012 – 4 February 2013
Prime Minister	Julia Gillard
Preceded by	Kim Carr
Succeeded by	Mike Kelly
In office 14 September 2010 – 14 December 2011
Preceded by	Greg Combet (Defence Materiel and Science)
Succeeded by	Kim Carr
Member of the Australian Parliament for Blaxland
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 November 2007
Preceded by	Michael Hatton
Personal details
Born	(1972-03-22) 22 March 1972 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Political party	Labor Party
Alma mater	University of New South Wales

Jason Dean Clare (born 22 March 1972)^[1] is the Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives for the seat of Blaxland in the western suburbs of Sydney. He first won the seat at the 2007 Australian federal election, and retained it with clear majorities at both the 2010 and 2013 elections.^[2] Clare filled various positions in the Second Gillard (2010–2013) and Second Rudd Ministries (2013), namely Minister for Defence Materiel, Minister for Justice, and Minister for Home Affairs. Following Labor's loss at the 2013 election, he was named Shadow Minister for Communications in the Shadow Cabinet led first by Chris Bowen and then by the current Leader of the Opposition, Bill Shorten.

Early life and career

Clare was born and raised in western Sydney and attended Cabramatta Primary School and Canley Vale High School. He was the dux of Canley Vale High School in 1989. When he left school he joined the Labor Party and was the secretary of the Cabramatta Branch for 10 years (1992 to 2002). He has a BA (Hons) and an LLB (law degree) from the University of New South Wales. He was a senior adviser to former NSW Premier Bob Carr and an executive at Transurban, one of Australia's Top 100 companies.^[2]

Politics

The safe Labor seat Blaxland was the electorate of Prime Minister Paul Keating from 1969 to 1996. From 1996 to 2007 it was held by Michael Hatton, who lost his Labor preselection for the 2007 election in May of that year and was replaced by Clare.^[2]^[3]^[4] Clare also competed for preselection against George Williams, who had been "anointed by the ALP executive", had the "blessing of [former Prime Minister] Gough Whitlam" and whose chances had been "talked up" by ABC news reports.^[5] Clare won Blaxland^[6] in the 2007 federal election. Although the seat had a redistribution in 2006, it is likely that the redistribution has made the seat safer for Labor.^[7]^[8]

Ministerial appointments

Clare was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Employment in June 2009. Following the intra-party power struggle that saw Julia Gillard become Prime Minister, Clare was promoted into the Ministry and appointed Minister for Defence Materiel in September 2010.^[9]

On 12 December 2011, Clare was appointed Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Justice ^[10] and in the March 2012 reshuffle he again picked up the portfolio of Defence Materiel.^[11]

References

↑ "The Hon Jason Clare MP". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Hatton dumped for former Carr adviser". Canterbury-Bankstown Express. 8 May 2007. Retrieved 24 September 2007.
↑ "Combet confirmed as federal Labor candidate". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 5 May 2007. Retrieved 24 September 2007.
↑ Walsh, Kerry-Anne (6 May 2007). "ALP's new faces have a strangely familiar look". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 24 September 2007.
↑ Lane, Bernard (15 August 2007). "Former contender becomes adviser". Higher Education (The Australian). Retrieved 24 September 2007.
↑ "Blaxland". Divisional profile. Australian Electoral Commission. 2007. Retrieved 24 September 2007.
↑ Carr, Adam (2007). "Division of Blaxland". Adam Carr's guide to the 2007 Australian federal election. Retrieved 24 September 2007.
↑ Green, Antony (28 September 2007). "Blaxland". ABC Elections: Australia votes 2007: Antony Green's Election Guide. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 29 September 2007. "Very Safe Labor 15.2%... Redistribution: Labor's margin rises from 12.9% to 15.3%."
↑ http://aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Parliamentarian?MPID=HWL retrieved 18 March 2012
↑ http://www.pm.gov.au/press-office/changes-ministry retrieved 18 March 2012
↑ http://www.pm.gov.au/press-office/changes-ministry-0 retrieved 18 March 2012

External links

Search or browse Hansard for Jason Clare at OpenAustralia.org

Parliament of Australia
Preceded by Michael Hatton	Member for Blaxland 2007–present	Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Greg Combet as Minister for Defence Materiel and Science	Minister for Defence Materiel 2010–2011	Succeeded by Kim Carr
Preceded by Brendan O'Connor	Minister for Home Affairs 2011–2013	Position abolished
Preceded by Brendan O'Connor	Minister for Justice 2011–2013	Succeeded by Michael Keenan
Preceded by Kim Carr	Minister for Defence Materiel 2012–2013	Succeeded by Mike Kelly

v t e Current members of the Australian House of Representatives from New South Wales

Labor (17)	Anthony Albanese Sharon Bird Chris Bowen Tony Burke Jason Clare Sharon Claydon Pat Conroy Justine Elliot Laurie Ferguson Joel Fitzgibbon Chris Hayes Ed Husic Stephen Jones Julie Owens Tanya Plibersek Michelle Rowland Matt Thistlethwaite

Liberal (22)	Tony Abbott John Alexander Bob Baldwin Bronwyn Bishop David Coleman Paul Fletcher Alex Hawke Peter Hendy Joe Hockey Craig Kelly Sussan Ley Louise Markus Russell Matheson Karen McNamara Scott Morrison Philip Ruddock Fiona Scott Ann Sudmalis Angus Taylor Malcolm Turnbull Nickolas Varvaris Lucy Wicks

Nationals (7)	John Cobb Mark Coulton David Gillespie Luke Hartsuyker Kevin Hogan Barnaby Joyce Michael McCormack

v t e Gillard Cabinet

Prime Minister: Julia Gillard

Anthony Albanese Chris Bowen Tony Burke Mark Butler Bob Carr Kim Carr Jason Clare Greg Combet Stephen Conroy Simon Crean Mark Dreyfus Craig Emerson Chris Evans John Faulkner Martin Ferguson Peter Garrett Gary Gray Joe Ludwig Jenny Macklin Robert McClelland Brendan O'Connor Tanya Plibersek Nicola Roxon Kevin Rudd Bill Shorten Stephen Smith Wayne Swan Lindsay Tanner Penny Wong

Persondata
Name	Clare, Jason
Alternative names
Short description	Australian politician
Date of birth	22 March 1972
Place of birth	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date of death
Place of death

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