Martin Ferguson (politician)

Martin Ferguson
Ferguson in 2012
Minister for Resources and Energy
In office
3 December 2007 – 22 March 2013
Prime MinisterKevin Rudd
Julia Gillard
Preceded byIan Macfarlane
Succeeded byGary Gray
Minister for Tourism
In office
3 December 2007 – 22 March 2013
Prime MinisterKevin Rudd
Julia Gillard
Preceded byFran Bailey
Succeeded byGary Gray
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Batman
In office
2 March 1996 – 5 August 2013
Preceded byBrian Howe
Succeeded byDavid Feeney
President of the Australian Council
of Trade Unions
In office
4 April 1990 – 2 March 1996
Preceded bySimon Crean
Succeeded byJennie George
Personal details
Born
Martin John Ferguson

(1953-12-12) 12 December 1953 (age 70)
Sydney, New South Wales
Political partyLabor
WebsiteMartinFerguson.com.au

Martin John Ferguson AM (born 12 December 1953) is an Australian former Labor Party politician who was the Member of the House of Representatives for Batman from 1996 to 2013. He served as Minister for Resources and Energy and Minister for Tourism in the Rudd and Gillard governments from 2007 to 2013.

Before entering Parliament, Ferguson spent a long career as a trade unionist, being General Secretary of the Federated Miscellaneous Workers' Union from 1984 to 1990 and President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions from 1990 to 1996. He is the son of Jack Ferguson who was Deputy Premier of New South Wales from 1976 to 1984. His brother is Laurie Ferguson, also a long-serving Labor MP.