Linda Reynolds

Linda Reynolds
Minister for Government Services
Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme
In office
30 March 2021 – 23 May 2022
Prime MinisterScott Morrison
Preceded byStuart Robert
Succeeded byBill Shorten
Minister for Defence
In office
29 May 2019 – 30 March 2021
Prime MinisterScott Morrison
DeputyMelissa Price
Preceded byChristopher Pyne
Succeeded byPeter Dutton
Minister for Defence Industry
In office
2 March 2019 – 29 May 2019
Prime MinisterScott Morrison
Preceded bySteven Ciobo
Succeeded byMelissa Price
Minister for Emergency Management and North Queensland Recovery
In office
2 March 2019 – 29 May 2019
Prime MinisterScott Morrison
Preceded byPosition created
Succeeded byDavid Littleproud
Assistant Minister for Home Affairs
In office
28 August 2018 – 2 March 2019
Prime MinisterScott Morrison
Preceded byAlex Hawke
Succeeded byJason Wood
Senator for Western Australia
Assumed office
1 July 2014
Personal details
Born
Linda Karen Reynolds

(1965-05-16) 16 May 1965 (age 59)
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Political partyLiberal
Alma materCurtin University
OccupationPolitician
WebsiteOfficial website
Military service
AllegianceAustralia
Branch/serviceAustralian Army Reserve
Years of service1984–2012
RankBrigadier
Commands5th Combat Service Support Battalion
AwardsConspicuous Service Cross

Linda Karen Reynolds CSC (born 16 May 1965) is an Australian politician. She is a member of the Liberal Party and has served as a Senator for Western Australia since 2014. She held senior ministerial office as a cabinet minister in the Morrison government from 2019 to 2022.

Before entering parliament Reynolds was a member of the Australian Army Reserve for nearly 30 years and was the first woman in the reserve to attain the rank of brigadier. She was initially elected to the Senate at the 2013 federal election, but the result was voided and she was re-elected at a supplementary election in 2014. In the Morrison government she served as Assistant Minister for Home Affairs (2018–2019), Minister for Defence Industry (2019), Minister for Emergency Management and North Queensland Recovery (2019), Minister for Defence (2019–2021), and Minister for Government Services and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (2021–2022).