Melissa Price (politician)

Melissa Price
Minister for Science and Technology
In office
8 October 2021 – 23 May 2022
Serving with Scott Morrison
Prime MinisterScott Morrison
Preceded byChristian Porter
Succeeded byEd Husic
Minister for Defence Industry
In office
26 May 2019 – 23 May 2022
Prime MinisterScott Morrison
MinisterLinda Reynolds
Peter Dutton
Preceded byLinda Reynolds
Succeeded byPat Conroy
Minister for the Environment
In office
28 August 2018 – 26 May 2019
Prime MinisterScott Morrison
Preceded byJosh Frydenberg (Environment and Energy)
Succeeded bySussan Ley
Assistant Minister for the Environment
In office
20 December 2017 (2017-12-20) – 27 August 2018
Prime MinisterMalcolm Turnbull
Scott Morrison
MinisterJosh Frydenberg
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Durack
Assumed office
7 September 2013
Preceded byBarry Haase
Personal details
Born
Melissa Lee Dellar

(1963-12-12) 12 December 1963 (age 60)
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia
Political partyLiberal
SpouseColyn Price (d. 2002)
Relatives
Residence(s)Geraldton, Western Australia, Western Australia
Alma mater
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLawyer
Websitemelissapricemp.com.au

Melissa Lee Price (née Dellar; born 12 December 1963) is an Australian politician who served as Minister for Defence Industry from 2019 to 2022 and as Minister for Science and Technology from 2021 to 2022 in the Morrison government. She has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2013, representing the Division of Durack in Western Australia.[1] A member of the Liberal Party, she previously served as Minister for the Environment (2018–2019) and Assistant Minister for the Environment (2017–2018).

  1. ^ "Melissa Price". Liberal Party of Australia. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2013.