Stuart Ayres

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The Honourable
Stuart Ayres
MP
Stuart Ayres 2015.jpg
Ayres at CeBit Australia, May 2015
Member of the New South Wales Parliament
for Penrith
Assumed office
19 June 2010
Preceded by Karyn Paluzzano
Majority 6.5 points (2015)
Minister for Trade, Tourism and Major Events
Assumed office
2 April 2015
Premier Mike Baird
Preceded by Troy Grant (as Minister for Trade and Investment and as Minister for Tourism and Major Events)
Minister for Sport
Assumed office
23 April 2014
Premier Mike Baird
Preceded by Gabrielle Upton
Minister for Fair Trading
In office
9 December 2013 – 6 May 2014
Premier Barry O'Farrell; Mike Baird
Preceded by Anthony Roberts
Succeeded by Matthew Mason-Cox
Minister Assisting the Premier on Western Sydney
In office
9 December 2013 – 2 April 2015
Premier Mike Baird
Preceded by new portfolio
Succeeded by portfolio abolished
Minister for Police and Emergency Services
In office
6 May 2014 – 2 April 2015
Premier Mike Baird
Preceded by Mike Gallacher
Succeeded by Troy Grant (as Minister for Justice and Police)
Personal details
Born (1980-11-24) 24 November 1980 (age 43)
Nationality Australian
Political party Liberal Party of Australia
Domestic partner Marise Payne
Residence Leonay, New South Wales
Profession Marketing manager
Website Website

Stuart Laurence Ayres MP (born 24 November 1980[1]), an Australian politician, is the New South Wales Minister for Trade, Tourism and Major Events since April 2015 and the Minister for Sport since April 2014 in the second Baird government.[2] Ayres is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly since 19 June 2010, representing the electorate of Penrith as a member of the Liberal Party of Australia. Ayres has previously served as the Minister for Police and Emergency Services during 2014 and 2015; the Minister Assisting the Premier on Western Sydney between 2013 and 2015;[3][4] and the Minister for Fair Trading between 2011 and 2014.[5]

Personal life

Ayres was born to a father serving in the Australian Defence Force which resulted in his moving all over the country until settling in Penrith in 1993. He was educated at St Dominic's College in Kingswood.[6] He is the partner of federal Liberal Senator Marise Payne.[7]

Early career

Ayres graduated in 1999 with a degree in sports business from the Australian College of Physical Education and worked as a development officer for the Australian Football League before joining the staff of the member for Lindsay, Jackie Kelly, in her capacity as the then Minister for Sport and Tourism and the Minister assisting the Prime Minister for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.[8]

Ayres was an account executive for Austereo (2DayFM and Triple M radio stations), and returned to the Australian College of Physical Education in 2008, initially as student recruitment manager and then later as director of marketing and business development.[8]

Ayres has been heavily involved in the administration of local sport in Western Sydney where he has been a board member of the Penrith Australian Football Club for 10 years and was also the founding secretary of the Penrith Valley Sports Foundation.[8]

New South Wales state political career

Ayres was elected at the Penrith State by-election on 19 June 2010,[9] receiving 66.3% of the two-party-preferred vote.[10] Ayres took the previously safe Labor seat on a 25.7-point swing—the largest swing against a sitting government in New South Wales history. This turned Penrith into a safe Liberal seat at one stroke. Indeed, Ayres' primary-vote margin was enough to win the seat without the need for preferences.[11] Like his partner Marise Payne, Ayres is a republican. In his maiden speech to parliament he voiced his support for Australia to have an Australian head of state and become a republic.[12]

Following his re-election in March 2011, Ayres was elected to the position of deputy government whip in the NSW Legislative Assembly. Since then, he was promoted to Parliamentary Secretary for Roads and Transport and appointed as the Premier's Parliamentary Secretary for Western Sydney. In December 2013, Ayres was appointed as the Minister for Fair Trading and as the Minister Assisting the Premier on Western Sydney.[13] Due to the resignation of Barry O'Farrell as Premier,[14] and the subsequent ministerial reshuffle by Mike Baird, the new Liberal Leader,[3] in April 2014 in addition to his existing ministerial responsibilities, Ayres was appointed Minister for Sport and Recreation, and appointed as a member of Cabinet.[15] Following the resignation of Mike Gallacher in May 2014, Ayres gained the portfolio of Police and Emergency Services and lost the portfolio of Fair Trading.[4][5] Following the 2015 state election, Ayres was sworn in as the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Major Events and the Minister for Sport on 2 April 2015 as a member of the second Baird government.[2]

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Parliament of New South Wales
Preceded by Member for Penrith
2010 – present
Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by as Minister for Trade and Investment and
as Minister for Tourism and Major Events
Minister for Trade, Tourism and Major Events
2015 – present
Incumbent
Preceded by Minister for Sport
2014 – present
Preceded by Minister for Fair Trading
2013 – 2014
Succeeded by
Matthew Mason-Cox
Preceded by
Himself
as Parliamentary Secretary for Western Sydney
Minister Assisting the Premier on Western Sydney
2013 – 2015
Succeeded by
portfolio abolished
Preceded by Minister for Police and Emergency Services
2014 – 2015
Succeeded by
Troy Grant
as Minister for Justice and Police