Andrew Gee (politician)

Andrew Gee
Gee in 2019
Minister for Veterans' Affairs &
Minister for Defence Personnel
In office
2 July 2021 – 23 May 2022
Prime MinisterScott Morrison
Preceded byDarren Chester
Succeeded byMatt Keogh
Minister for Decentralisation and Regional Education
In office
6 February 2020 – 2 July 2021
Prime MinisterScott Morrison
Preceded byMark Coulton (Decentralisation, Regional Services)
Succeeded byBridget McKenzie
Minister Assisting the Minister for Trade and Investment
In office
6 February 2020 – 2 July 2021
MinisterSimon Birmingham
Preceded byMark Coulton (assistant minister)
Succeeded byDavid Gillespie
Assistant Minister to the Deputy Prime Minister
In office
25 January 2019 – 6 February 2020
MinisterMichael McCormack
Preceded byAndrew Broad
Succeeded byKevin Hogan
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Calare
Assumed office
2 July 2016
Preceded byJohn Cobb
Member of the New South Wales Parliament
for Orange
In office
26 March 2011 – 30 May 2016
Preceded byRussell Turner
Succeeded byPhilip Donato
Personal details
Born
Andrew Robert Gee

(1968-09-13) 13 September 1968 (age 56)
Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Political partyIndependent (since 2022)
Other political
affiliations
Nationals (until 2022)
SpouseChristina (Tina) Gee
Children4
ResidenceOrange, New South Wales
Alma materUniversity of Sydney
OccupationSolicitor and barrister

Andrew Robert Gee (born 13 September 1968[1]) is an Australian politician. He has held the Division of Calare in the House of Representatives since 2016, representing the National Party until December 2022 when he resigned to sit as an independent over the party's opposition to an Indigenous Voice to Parliament.

Gee is a lawyer by profession. He served in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 2011 to 2016, representing the seat of Orange. He was elected to the House of Representatives at the 2016 federal election. From 2020 to 2022 he held ministerial office in the Morrison government, serving as Minister for Decentralisation and Regional Education (2020–2021), Veterans' Affairs (2021–2022) and Defence Personnel (2021–2022).

  1. ^ "Hon Andrew Gee MP". Parliament of Australia.