Henry Pike
MP
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Bowman
Assumed office
21 May 2022
Preceded byAndrew Laming
Personal details
Born16 October 1987 (1987-10-16) (age 36)
Canberra, Australia
Political partyLiberal (LNP)
Alma materUniversity of Canberra
University of Queensland
OccupationProperty Industry Advocate
Websitehttps://www.henrypike.com.au/about/

Henry Jon Pike (born 16 October 1987) is an Australian politician who is a member of the House of Representatives representing the Division of Bowman, Queensland, for the Liberal National Party of Queensland from 2022. He sits with the Liberal Party in federal parliament.[1]

Early life

Pike was born in Canberra on 16 October 1987. He holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in architecture from the University of Canberra and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Queensland.[2] He worked for the Property Council of Australia prior to his election to parliament, as a senior policy and communications adviser and later as director of media and communications.[3][4]

Politics

Pike was a federal vice-president of the Young Liberals in 2013 and Chair of the Liberal National Party Metro South Region Branch in 2021.[2] He was the LNP candidate for the seat of Redlands at the 2020 Queensland state election, losing to the incumbent Australian Labor Party (ALP) MP Kim Richards.[5]

In August 2021, Pike won Liberal National Party preselection for the federal seat of Bowman, following the forced retirement of incumbent MP Andrew Laming after having defeated four candidates in the ballot.[6] In early 2022, police dismissed a complaint against Pike in relation to the preselection process, describing the complaint as “unfounded”.[7] In his maiden speech, he said he made "no apologies" for being a social conservative.[8] In his first parliamentary term, Pike was appointed to the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, and the Committee on the Implementation of the National Redress Scheme.[2] In September 2022, Pike called upon Airservices Australia to revisit planned changes for the departure of aircraft over the Redlands area from Brisbane Airport.[9] The majority of complaints were from the New Parallel Runway project at the airport.

Pike retained Bowman for the LNP at the 2022 federal election.[10] Aligned with the National Right faction of the Liberal Party,[11] Pike is associated with the party's religious right and was endorsed by prominent conservative Amanda Stoker.[12]

In January 2023, Pike drafted a bill that would keep Australia Day on January 26.[13][14][15]

References

  1. ^ "Henry Pike". 29 September 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Mr Henry Pike MP". Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Henry Pike pre-selection". Property Council of Australia. 17 November 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Press release". Property Council of Australia. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Redlands - QLD Election 2020". ABC News. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  6. ^ "LNP branch chair quits over Bowman preselection". InQueensland. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  7. ^ Lynch, Lydia (6 February 2022). "LNP candidate cleared of bribery allegations". The Australian. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Liberal MP urges truth on Afghanistan war". The West. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  9. ^ "Uproar over recommendation to divert planes over bayside suburbs". Redland City Bulletin. 3 September 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  10. ^ "Bowman - Federal Election 2022". ABC News. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  11. ^ Massola, James. "How Morrison's shattering defeat gave Dutton a seismic shift in factional power". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  12. ^ Ore, Adeshola (5 July 2021). "Female Liberal MPs denounce Andrew Laming replacement". The Australian. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  13. ^ https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/legislate-to-protect-january-26-to-avoid-fashionable-change-qld-mp/news-story/b0daf03436f6698ba8a5f1a954d05d80
  14. ^ "Liberal member drafts legislation to keep Australia Day date". 17 January 2023.
  15. ^ "Liberal MP Wants Australia Day to be Protected by Law Which Would Mean a Plebiscite to Change the Date". 16 January 2023.
Parliament of Australia Preceded byAndrew Laming Member for Bowman 2022–present Incumbent


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