Richard Colbeck

Richard Colbeck
Colbeck in 2014
Previous ministerial offices
Minister for Sport
In office
22 December 2020 – 23 May 2022
Prime MinisterScott Morrison
Preceded byHimself
(as Minister for Youth and Sport)
Dan Tehan
(as Minister for Education and Youth)
Succeeded byAnika Wells
Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Services
In office
22 December 2020 – 23 May 2022
Prime MinisterScott Morrison
Preceded byHimself
(as Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians)
Succeeded byAnika Wells
Minister for Youth and Sport
In office
26 May 2019 – 22 December 2020
Prime MinisterScott Morrison
Preceded byBridget McKenzie
Succeeded byHimself
(as Minister for Sport)
Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians
In office
26 May 2019 – 22 December 2020
Prime MinisterScott Morrison
Preceded byKen Wyatt
Succeeded byGreg Hunt
(as Minister for Health and Aged Care)
Himself
(as Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Services)
Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources
In office
24 August 2018 – 29 May 2019
Preceded byAnne Ruston
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Minister for Tourism and International Education
In office
21 September 2015 – 19 July 2016
Prime MinisterMalcolm Turnbull
Preceded byGary Gray (as Minister for Tourism)
Succeeded bySteven Ciobo (as Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment)
Assistant Minister for Trade and Investment
In office
21 September 2015 – 19 July 2016
Prime MinisterMalcolm Turnbull
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byKeith Pitt
Senator for Tasmania
Assumed office
9 February 2018
Preceded byStephen Parry
In office
4 February 2002 – 2 July 2016
Preceded byJocelyn Newman
Succeeded byJonathon Duniam
Personal details
Born
Richard Mansell Colbeck

(1958-04-05) 5 April 1958 (age 66)
Myrtleford, Victoria, Australia
Political partyLiberal Party of Australia
Alma materDevonport Technical College

Richard Mansell Colbeck (born 5 April 1958) is an Australian politician. He has been a Senator for Tasmania since 2018, representing the Liberal Party, and served a previous term in the Senate from 2002 to 2016. Colbeck served as the Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Services and Minister for Sport in the Second Morrison Ministry from December 2020 until May 2022, following the appointment of the Albanese ministry. Previous to this, he was the Minister for Aged Care and Minister for Youth and Sport since May 2019.

Colbeck was first elected at the 2001 federal election, and was a parliamentary secretary in the Howard government. Colbeck served as the Minister Assisting the Minister for Trade and Investment and the Minister for Tourism and International Education in the Turnbull government from 2015 to 2016, but was defeated at the 2016 election. He returned to the Senate following a recount after Stephen Parry was disqualified during the parliamentary eligibility crisis.

Colbeck is a member of the Moderate/Modern Liberal faction of the Liberal Party.[1][2]

  1. ^ Massola, James (20 March 2021). "Who's who in the Liberals' left, right and centre factions?". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  2. ^ Massola, James (8 April 2023). "How Morrison's shattering defeat gave Dutton a seismic shift in factional power". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 December 2023.