Wesley Joseph Fang (born December 1977) is an Australian politician. He has been a NSW Nationals member of the

New South Wales Legislative Council The New South Wales Legislative Council, often referred to as the upper house, is one of the two chambers of the parliament of the Australian state of New South Wales. The other is the Legislative Assembly. Both sit at Parliament House in th ...

since 9 August 2017, when he filled a casual vacancy caused by the resignation of

Duncan Gay Duncan John Gay (born 2 May 1950), an Australian politician, was the Vice-President of the Executive Council of New South Wales and the Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council from May 2014 to January 2017; and the Minister for R ...

. Fang is the first person of Chinese heritage to represent the Nationals in the New South Wales Parliament. Fang holds a degree in aviation from the

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and was formerly a pilot with the

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and

Telstra Child Flight Telstra Group Limited is an Australian telecommunications company that builds and operates telecommunications networks and markets voice, mobile, internet access, pay television and other products and services. It is a member of the S&P/ASX 20 ...

. He was a director of the

Wagga Wagga Wagga Wagga (; informally called Wagga) is a major regional city in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. Straddling the Murrumbidgee River, with an urban population of more than 56,000 as of June 2018, Wagga Wagga is the state's la ...

Business Chamber and founded the Wagga Ratepayers' Community. Fang ran as a National Party candidate on the

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New South Wales

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ticket at the 2016 federal election. Fang was elected as the Deputy President and Chair of Committees of the Legislative Council in March 2022 following a vote of the House.

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Living people Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of New South Wales University of New South Wales alumni Australian Army officers Australian people of Singaporean descent Australian aviators 1977 births 21st-century Australian politicians {{Australia-National-politician-stub