Greg Piper
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Personal details | |
Born | Gregory Michael Piper 31 August 1957 Coffs Harbour, New South Wales |
Nationality | Australian |
Political party | Independent |
Spouse | Lyn Piper |
Residence | Mirrabooka[1] |
Gregory Michael Piper (born 31 August 1957 in
Early years and background
Piper grew up in the Lake Macquarie suburb of
Political career
Piper was first elected to the City of Lake Macquarie Council in 1991 as an independent councillor and was deputy mayor through 2000. He sat on and chaired numerous council and state government committees. Piper held the position of chair of the Lake Macquarie Estuary Management Committee and the Lake Macquarie Project Management Committee since the establishment of each. He was also on the Hunter Waste Management and Planning Board for a number of years including a period as chair.[3] He was directly elected as the mayor of Lake Macquarie in March 2004 and again in September 2008, where he received 60% of the first-preference vote.[4]
Piper was elected as the member for Lake Macquarie at the 2007 general election. He has sat on the Legislative Assembly's Broadband Committee and currently is a member of the Natural Resources Committee (Climate Change).[3]
He was overwhelmingly reelected in the 2019 New South Wales state election, winning by a two-candidate vote of 72.6% against Labor's Jo Smith.[5] Having been reelected at the 2023 election with a first-preference vote of over 58%,[6] he accepted the offer of the minority Labor government to become Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[7]
Political views
According to his web site, he is "left leaning, socially progressive, fiscally cautious, pragmatic, swinging voter; and staunchly Independent."[8]
References
- ^ "Candidates – The Legislative Assembly District of Lake Macquarie". Elections NSW. New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
- ^ Breaking Bread: Greg Piper, Independent Member for Lake Macquarie Newcastle Herald 26 December 2014
- ^ a b c "Mr (Greg) Gregory Michael Piper, MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
- ^ "2008 Lake Macquarie City Council election results". Department of Local Government. Retrieved 12 February 2010.[dead link]
- ^ "Lake Macquarie - ABC". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 23 March 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony (5 April 2023). "Lake Macquarie – NSW Election 2023". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- ^ Riddle, Rebecca (4 April 2023). "Order, Order, Lake Mac MP Greg Piper new Lower House speaker". Newcastle Weekly. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- ^ "Why independent". Greg Piper. Archived from the original on 10 March 2010. Retrieved 12 February 2010.