Laurie Ferguson MP, Member for Reid (NSW)
Parliamentary Service
State: Elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Granville from 24.3.1984. Resigned 17.2.1990.
Federal: Elected to the House of Representatives for Reid, New South Wales, 1990, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2001 and 2004.
Committee Service
House of Representatives Standing: Industry, Science and Technology from 16.5.90 to 29.1.96; Long Term Strategies from 1.6.90 to 8.2.93; Library from 12.5.93 to 29.1.96 and from 8.12.98 to 31.8.04; Employment, Education and Training from 12.5.93 to 27.6.94.
Joint Statutory: Public Accounts from 29.5.96 to 19.6.97.
Joint Standing: Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade from 17.5.90 to 29.1.96 and from 12.8.99 to 31.8.04; Migration from 26.5.93 to 29.1.96 and from 20.3.02; Electoral Matters from 19.9.95 (Chair from 21.9.95 to 29.1.96) to 26.6.01; Treaties from 17.6.96 to 12.8.99.
Conferences, Delegations and Visits
Member, Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade visit to Papua New Guinea, February-March 1991.
Member, 87th IPU Conference, Yaounde, Cameroon, April 1992.
Official visit to Russia and the Ukraine, April 1992.
Member, Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade visit to Indonesia, October 1992.
Member, Official Delegation to the Republic of Korea, Japan and Taiwan, July 1994.
Leader, Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade (Foreign Affairs Sub-Committee) visit to Thailand and Laos, November-December 1994.
Attended 80th Anniversary Ceremony to mark the end of the First World War in France, July 1998.
Bilateral visits to Sweden and Estonia, October 1999.
Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Indonesia, August-September 2003.
Parliamentary Party Positions
Member, Opposition Shadow Ministry from 19.3.96.
Shadow Minister for Administrative Services from 20.3.96 to 27.3.97;
Shadow Minister for Veterans' Affairs from 27.03.97 to 20.10.98;
Shadow Minister for Defence Science and Personnel from 27.03.97 to 25.11.01;
Shadow Minister for Forestry and Conservation from 20.10.98 to 25.11.01;
Shadow Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs from 25.11.01 to 26.10.04, and Population from 08.12.03 to 26.10.04;
Shadow Minister for Immigration from 26.10.04 to 24.6.05
Shadow Minister for Consumer Affairs from 24.6.05 to 10.12.06;
Shadow Minister for Population Health and Health Regulation from 24.6.05 to 10.12.06.
Shadow Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Urban Development and Consumer Affairs from 10.12.06 to 02.12.07
Current position: Parliamentary Secretary for Multicultural Affairs and Settlement Services 03.12.07
Party Positions
Past member, ALP Administrative Committee (NSW).
Past member, Foreign Affairs Committee (NSW).
Past member, Disputes Committee (NSW).
Secretary, Reid Federal Electoral Council 1976-90.
Personal
Born 7.7.1952, Sydney, NSW.
Married.
Qualifications and Occupation before entering Federal Parliament
MA, BEc (Syd).
Research Officer, Federated Miscellaneous Workers' Union 1976-84.
Member, Legislative Assembly, New South Wales (see Parliamentary Service above).