Philip Dalidakis (born 25 February 1976) is a former Australian politician. He was a

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member of the

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, representing

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from 2014 until 2019. Dalidakis was born in Melbourne. His father was born in

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and his mother is

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. His maternal grandparents escaped from Germany to Shanghai in 1939, and Dalidakis's mother was born there, later migrating to Australia. He is married with three children. Before entering Parliament he was executive officer of the Victorian Association of Forest Industries, and later deputy chief of staff to Senator

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. On 31 July 2015, Dalidakis was appointed as Minister for Small Business, Innovation and Trade in the

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. In August 2018, it was reported that Home Affairs Minister

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was going to sue Dalidakis after he on Twitter accused Dutton of supporting the

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and of race baiting. Dalidakis was not returned to

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upon the re-election of the

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; his portfolios of Small Business, Innovation and Trade going to former Small Business Minister

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and former Attorney-General

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, respectively.B Preiss & C Lucas
'First-time MP given high stakes public transport portfolio'

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, 29 November 2018, retrieved 30 November 2018. On 17 June 2019, Dalidakis resigned from parliament, in order to take up a senior position with

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was appointed to fill the vacancy caused by Dalidakis' resignation.

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Parliamentary voting record of Philip Dalidakis at Victorian Parliament Tracker
1976 births Living people Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria Labor Right politicians Members of the Victorian Legislative Council Australian people of Greek descent Australian people of German-Jewish descent Jewish Australian politicians 21st-century Australian politicians Politicians from Melbourne {{Australia-Labor-Victoria-MP-stub