Scott Buchholz | |
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Assistant Minister for Road Safety and Freight Transport | |
In office 28 August 2018 – 23 May 2022 | |
Prime Minister | Scott Morrison |
Chief Government Whip in the House of Representatives | |
In office 13 February 2015 – 23 September 2015 | |
Prime Minister | Tony Abbott Malcolm Turnbull |
Preceded by | Philip Ruddock |
Succeeded by | Nola Marino |
Member of the Australian Parliament for Wright | |
Assumed office 21 August 2010 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia | 27 March 1968
Political party | National (to 2008) LNP (from 2008) |
Other political affiliations | Liberal (parliamentary, since 2010) |
Profession | Businessman |
Website | www |
Scott Andrew Buchholz (/ˈbʊkɒlts/ BUUK-olts;[1] born 27 March 1968) is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) and served as an assistant minister in the Morrison government from 2018 until May 2022, following the appointment of the Albanese ministry. He has represented the seat of Wright since the 2010 federal election, sitting with the parliamentary Liberal Party, and previously served as chief government whip in the House of Representatives in the Abbott government in 2015. He was a businessman in the transport industry before entering politics.