Trevor Evans (politician)

Trevor Evans
Trevor Evans MP sitting in on a session of the House Standing Committee on Economics in Parliament House
Member of the Australian Parliament for Brisbane
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 July 2016 (2016-07-02)
Preceded by	Teresa Gambaro
Personal details
Born	(1981-08-28) 28 August 1981 Tweed Heads, New South Wales
Political party	Liberal National Party
Alma mater	University of Queensland
Profession	Chief executive Economist

Trevor Mark Evans (born 28 August 1981) is an Australian politician. He is the member for Brisbane in the Australian House of Representatives. He is a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland and succeeded the previous member, Teresa Gambaro, at the 2016 federal election.^[1]

Early life and education

Evans was born in Tweed Heads in New South Wales on the border with Queensland. Evans is the first openly gay Queensland member of Australian Parliament. He graduated with a Bachelor of Economics and a Bachelor of Laws with Honours from the University of Queensland.

Professional career

Evans was an Investigator with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission from 2004 to 2007, an economist with the Queensland Competition Authority from 2008 to 2009, the Chief of Staff to then Shadow Minister for Health Peter Dutton in 2010, and an economist with Seqwater from 2011 to 2012. Before his election in 2016, Evans was the Chief Executive Officer of the National Retail Association from 2012.

Parliamentary career

The contest for Brisbane in 2016 was the first time both major parties had put forward openly gay candidates in a single electorate: Evans and his Labor opponent, Pat O'Neill.^[1]

Evans is currently a member of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training, the Standing Committee on Environment and Energy, and the Standing Committee on Economics.

References

• Mr Trevor Evans MP, Parliament of Australia