Mr Gerard Francis MARTIN, MP

Member of the Legislative Assembly
Member for Bathurst
Government Whip
Member of the Australian Labor Party

Contact Details

Address	Mr Gerard Martin, MP Ground Floor State Office Block 140 William Street BATHURST NSW 2795
Phone	(02) 6331 1555
Fax	(02) 6331 1566
Email	gerard.martin@parliament.nsw.gov.au

Parliamentary Activity

Current Positions

Position	Start	Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly	27 Mar 1999
Member for Bathurst	27 Mar 1999
Government Whip	2 Apr 2003
Member, Standing Orders and Procedure Committee	20 Jun 2007
Deputy Chair, Standing Committee on Broadband in Rural and Regional Communities	28 Jun 2007
Member, Standing Committee on Natural Resource Management (Climate Change)	28 Jun 2007
Member, Standing Committee on Parliamentary Privilege and Ethics	24 Sep 2008
Member, Committee on the Independent Commission Against Corruption	24 Jun 2009

Prior Positions

Position	Start	End	Period	Notes
Legislative Assembly Representative on the Board of Governors of Charles Sturt University	3 Jun 1999	21 Dec 2004	5yrs 6mths 19days	This office was dis-established on the enactment of the University Legislation Amendment Act 2004.
Member, Standing Committee on Natural Resource Management	8 May 2003	2 Mar 2007	3yrs 9mths 23days
Member, Standing Orders and Procedure Committee	8 May 2003	2 Mar 2007	3yrs 9mths 23days
Member, Legislative Assembly Standing Ethics Committee	3 Jun 1999	28 Feb 2003	3yrs 8mths 26days
Member, Committee on the Independent Commission Against Corruption	3 Jun 1999	28 Feb 2003	3yrs 8mths 26days
Chairman, Regulation Review Committee	25 Oct 2001	28 Feb 2003	1yr 4mths 4days
Member, Select Committee on Salinity	1 Aug 2000	11 Dec 2002	2yrs 4mths 11days
Member, Regulation Review Committee	5 May 2000	25 Oct 2001	1yr 5mths 21days	Elected Chairman of the Committee on 25 October 2001. For details see separate entry

Parliamentary Record

Mr Martin's speeches in Hansard

About the Bathurst Electorate

Rural. Located within Central Tablelands Statistical Agricultural Subdivision.

Principal towns: Aarons Pass, Abercrombie, Abercrombie River, Arkell, Arkstone, Bald Ridge, Ballyroe, Barry, Bathampton, Bathurst, Ben Bullen, Billywillinga, Black Springs, Blackmans Flat, Blayney, Bogee, Bowenfels, Brewongle, Brogans Creek, Browns Creek, Bruinbun, Burnt Yards, Burraga, Caloola, Camboon, Capertee, Carcoar, Carwell, Charbon, Charlton, Chatham Valley, Clandulla, Clarence, Clear Creek, Cobar Park, Colo, Copperhannia, Corney Town, Cow Flat, Coxs Creek, Crudine, Cudgegong, Cullen Bullen, Curragh, Dabee, Dargan, Dark Corner, Doctors Gap, Dog Rocks, Duckmaloi, Dungeree, Dunkeld, Dunville Loop, Duramana, Edith, Eglinton, Errowanbang, Essington, Evans Plains, Fitzgeralds Mount, Fitzgeralds Valley, Forest Grove, Forest Reefs, Fosters Valley, Freemantle, Ganbenang, Gemalla, Georges Plains, Gilmandyke, Gingkin, Glanmire, Glen Alice, Glen Davis, Gormans Hill, Gowan, Gurnang, Hampton, Hartley, Hartley Vale, Hassans Walls, Hazelgrove, Hermitage Flat, Hill End, Hobbys Yards, Ilford, Isabella, Jaunter, Jenolan, Jeremy, Jerrong, Judds Creek, Kanangra, Kandos, Kanimbla, Kelgoola, Kelso, Killongbutta, Kings Plains, Kirkconnell, Laffing Waters, Lidsdale, Limekilns, Lithgow, Little Hartley, Littleton, Llanarth, Locksley, Lowther, Lue, Mandurama, Marrangaroo, Mayfield, Mckellars Park, Meadow Flat, Milkers Flat, Millah Murrah, Millthorpe, Mitchell, Monivae, Moorilda, Morts Estate, Mount David, Mount Lambie, Mount Marsden, Mount Olive, Mount Panorama, Mount Rankin, Mount Vincent, Mount Werong, Mozart, Mudgee, Napoleon Reef, Neville, Newbridge, Newnes, Norway, Nullo Mountain, O'connell, Oaky Park, Oberon, Olinda, Ophir, Orton Park, Paling Yards, Paling Yards, Palmers Oaky, Panuara, Peel, Perthville, Pinnacle Swamp, Pipers Flat, Porters Retreat, Portland, Pottery Estate, Raglan, Razorback, Robin Hill, Rock Forest, Rockley, Rockley Mount, Round Swamp, Running Stream, Rydal, Rylstone, Sallys Flat, Sheedys Gully, Shooters Hill, Sodwalls, Sofala, South Bathurst, South Bowenfels, South Littleton, Springvale, State Mine Gully, Stewarts Mount, Sunny Corner, Tallwood, Tambaroora, Tannas Mount, Tarana, The Lagoon, The Meadows, The Rocks, Triangle Flat, Trunkey, Turondale, Twenty Forests, Ullamalla, Upper Nile, Upper Turon, Vale Of Clwydd, Vittoria, Walang, Wallerawang, Wambool, Wattle Flat, Watton, West Bathurst, White Rock, Wiagdon, Wiarborough, Wimbledon, Winburndale, Windradyne, Wirraba, Wisemans Creek, Wolgan Valley, Wollangambe, Wollemi, Yarras, Yetholme.

Area: 14,875 sq km.

Population: 67,650. Enrolment: 47,658.

For more detailed information see - http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/state_government_elections/electoral_districts/all_districts_/bathurst

Biography

Community Activity - Previously Deputy Chair, Central West Regional Development Board, and is a former Chairman of Blayney Abattior County Council. Involved in Lithgow Tidy Towns and is active in a number of sporting clubs.

Local Government Activity - Member of Lithgow City Council for the past 25 years, serving as Mayor for the past 16 years.

Personal - Married to Kathy, two children Matthew and Daniel.

Qualifications, Occupations and Interests - Employed within the Coal Industry for the past 30 years holding various administrative positions. Interests include: regional development and sport.

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