Geoffrey Keith Provest (born 29 March 1958) is an Australian politician and a Nationals member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing the Tweed since 24 March 2007.
Geoff Provest | |
|---|---|
| Member of the New South Wales Parliament for Tweed | |
| Assumed office 24 March 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Neville Newell |
| Majority | 5.0 points (2019)[1] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 March 1958 Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia |
| Political party | The Nationals |
| Residence | Tweed Heads South[2] |
Provest was born on the North Coast of New South Wales to parents Sydney Keith Provest and Kath Provest.
Provest managed the Tweed Heads Bowls Club for 15 years. He is a director of Bowls Australia and the chair of the Regional Salvation Army Annual Red Shield Charity Appeal. He was a chairman of the Far Northern New South Wales Sustainable Region Committee, as well as chair of the Regional Clean Up Australia Day Committee, the Tweed & Coolangatta Tourism Inc, and the Acid Sulphate Soils Regional Committee.[3]
Provest was named the Citizen of the Year for the Tweed Shire Council in the 2000 Australia Day awards.
Provest took Labor's most marginal seat from Neville Newell in the 2007 election, where he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.[4] He was re-elected in 2011,[5] 2015,[6] and 2019.[1] He was the Chair, State and Regional Development Committee in 2011, Chair, Committee on Law and Safety since 2015 and Chair, Joint Committee on the Office of the Valuer General since 2017.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b "2019 Electoral results: Tweed". ABC News. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
- ^ "Candidates - The Legislative Assembly District of Tweed". Elections NSW. New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
- ^ "Geoff Provest inaugural speech" (PDF). NSW Legislative Assembly Hansard. 6 June 2007. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
- ^ "Preferential Count 2007 State Election Results State Electoral District of TWEED". NSW Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 2 September 2007.
- ^ "2011 Electoral results: Tweed". ABC News. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
- ^ "2015 Electoral results: Tweed". ABC News. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
- ^ "Mr (Geoff) Geoffrey Keith PROVEST, CCM, FAIM, AICD, JP MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
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