David Christopher Bushby (born 17 July 1965) is an Australian diplomat and former politician who served as a

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for

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from August 2007 to January 2019, representing the

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. He was the Chief Government Whip in the Senate for the Abbott, Turnbull and

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s from 1 July 2014 until he resigned on 21 January 2019. Bushby currently serves as Consul-General of Australia in Chicago since 2019.

Early life

Bushby was born in Launceston,

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, the son of the Hon. Max Bushby, OBE, a Tasmanian MP and later Speaker of the State House of Assembly. He was educated at the

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, where he graduated in economics and law, and the

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, from where he received a diploma in business. Prior to entering parliament, Bushby was a practising lawyer and political adviser.

Politics

In May 2007, Bushby was preselected for Tasmanian Liberal Senate ticket in the number two position ahead of the 2007 election. Consequently, Bushby appeared destined to enter the federal parliament at the beginning of the next Senate term in July 2008 given the highly electable nature of this position on the ticket. In fact his entry to federal parliament came sooner. On 30 August 2007, Bushby was appointed to the Senate by the Tasmanian parliament to fill the

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caused by the resignation of Paul Calvert. On 18 January 2019, Bushby announced his resignation from the Senate, effective on 21 January.

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announced an hour later that Bushby would be nominated as Australia's consul-general in Chicago. The Tasmanian Liberals preselected his sister Wendy Askew as his replacement in the Senate; she will serve the remainder of his six-year term, which expires in June 2022.

References

External links

www.davidbushby.com.au

Summary of parliamentary voting for Senator David Bushby on TheyVoteForYou.org.au
1965 births Living people Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Australia Members of the Australian Senate Abbott Government Australian diplomats Australian monarchists Members of the Australian Senate for Tasmania University of Tasmania alumni Politicians from Launceston, Tasmania Turnbull Government 21st-century Australian politicians {{Australia-Liberal-politician-stub