Gordon Rich-Phillips

Gordon Rich-Phillips
Gordon Rich-Phillips
Assistant Treasurer
In office
2 December 2010 – 4 December 2014
Succeeded byMinistry abolished
Minister for the Aviation Industry
In office
2 December 2010 – 4 December 2014
Preceded byinaugural
Succeeded byMinistry abolished
Minister for Technology
In office
2 December 2010 – 4 December 2014
Preceded byJohn Lenders
Succeeded byAdem Somyurek
Member of the Victorian Legislative Council for South Eastern Metropolitan Region
In office
25 November 2006 – 26 November 2022
Member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Eumemmerring Province
In office
19 September 1999 – 24 November 2006
Preceded byRon Wells
Succeeded bySeat abolished
Personal details
Born (1974-07-08) 8 July 1974 (age 50)
Dandenong, Victoria, Australia
Political partyLiberal Party
Alma materMonash University
RMIT University
WebsiteRich-Phillips.com.au

Gordon Kenneth Rich-Phillips (born 8 July 1974) is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council between 1999 and 2022, representing the Eumemmerring Province (1999–2006) and the South Eastern Metropolitan Region (2006–2022).

First elected at the age of 25, he was the youngest person elected to the Legislative Council.[1] He was Assistant Treasurer, Minister for Technology and Minister for the Aviation Industry from 2010 to 2014, serving in the Baillieu and Napthine governments.[2] He was elected Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party in the Legislative Council in December 2014.[3]

  1. ^ Old enough to drive? How about Parliament?, The Age, 22 August 2006.
  2. ^ "Gordon Rich-Phillips". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  3. ^ Gordon, Josh (4 December 2014). "Matthew Guy elected as leader of the Victorian Liberal Party". The Age. Retrieved 4 December 2014.