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Mick Veitch
Member of New South Wales Legislative Council
In office
24 March 2007 – 3 March 2023
Shadow Minister 2011–⁠2023
Shadow Minister for Western New South Wales
In office
9 April 2015 – 28 March 2023
LeaderLuke Foley
Michael Daley
Jodi McKay
Chris Minns
Succeeded bySarah Mitchell
Shadow Minister for Regional New South Wales
In office
12 June 2021 – 28 March 2023
LeaderChris Minns
Preceded byHimself (as Shadow Minister for Regional New South Wales)
Succeeded byDugald Saunders
Shadow Minister for Agriculture
In office
12 June 2021 – 28 March 2023
LeaderChris Minns
Preceded byJenny Aitchison (as Shadow Minister for Primary Industries)
Succeeded byDugald Saunders
Shadow Minister for Rural Affairs
In office
27 November 2018 – 11 June 2021
LeaderMichael Daley
Jodi McKay
Preceded byHimself (as Shadow Minister for Regional and Rural Affairs)
Succeeded byHimself (as Shadow Minister for Regional New South Wales)
Shadow Minister for Industry and Trade
In office
3 July 2019 – 11 June 2021
LeaderJodi McKay
Succeeded byAnoulack Chanthivong
Shadow Minister for Rural Roads
In office
3 July 2019 – 11 June 2021
LeaderJodi McKay
Succeeded byJenny Aitchison
Shadow Minister for Primary Industries
In office
9 April 2015 – 3 July 2019
LeaderLuke Foley
Michael Daley
Shadow Minister for Lands
In office
10 March 2016 – 3 July 2019
LeaderLuke Foley
Michael Daley
Preceded byHimself (as Minister for Lands and Water)
Shadow Minister for Lands and Water
In office
9 April 2015 – 10 March 2016
LeaderLuke Foley
Succeeded byHimself (as Shadow Minister for Lands)
Chris Minns (as Shadow Minister for Water)
Member of the Young Shire Council
In office
1995–2007
Personal details
Born (1962-12-19) 19 December 1962 (age 61)
Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia
Political party
Children4
Residence(s)Tumut, New South Wales, Australia[1]
Education
OccupationPolitician

Michael Stanley Veitch (born 19 December 1962) is an Australian politician who served as a Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council. Veitch was a member of the Council from 2007 to 2023.[2]

Early life

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Veitch was born at Gundagai, New South Wales to parents Bob and Val. He is the oldest of five children. He attended Adelong Central School in his primary school years. His secondary studies were undertaken at Tumut High School.

Early career

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Leaving high school, he worked as a shearer, a train station assistant and a disability worker. He finished his railway career as an Assistant Station Master at Rydalmere and Toongabbie train stations. He completed further studies at TAFE. He became the Executive Officer of the Wiradjuri Country Community Group Limited and then the General Manager (Growth and Strategy) of Job Centre Australia Limited.

Political career

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He joined the Labor Party in March 1989[3] He became the Secretary of the Young Branch of the Labor Party. He has been a delegate to the NSW ALP State Conference and the National Conference.

He was elected as an independent shire councillor for Young Shire Council in September 1995.[3] He was re-elected in 1999 and 2004.[3]

In 1998, he ran as the Labor Party candidate for the federal seat of Hume (a Liberal/National coalition safe seat). He was unsuccessful in that campaign, losing to Liberal Party candidate Alby Schultz.

Veitch was deputy chair of the nine-member Southern Area Health Board for New South Wales.[4][5]

Veitch was elected on 24 March 2007 to the New South Wales Legislative Council with the 19th-highest quota at that election. He has served as Deputy Government Whip, Parliamentary Secretary for Primary Industries and on numerous Legislative Council Committees. He served on the Opposition front bench from 2011 holding responsibility for Trade and Investment, Regional Infrastructure and Services and Regional and Rural Affairs. He is currently the Shadow Minister for Primary Industries, Lands and Western NSW.

At the 2022 NSW Labor Conference, he was not endorsed for a winnable seat at the 2023 state election, securing the ninth position on the ticket. He was not elected.

Personal life

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He is divorced and has four children, and six grandchildren. He and his former wife were foster parents.

Notes

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  1. ^ When elected to Council, Veitch stood as an Independent.

References

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  1. ^ @MickVeitchMLC (25 September 2020). "After a couple of busy Sitting Weeks in Macquarie Street it is good to be home, even if it is 5 degrees! #nswpol" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "The Hon. (Mick) Michael Stanley VEITCH, MLC". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  3. ^ a b c "Mick Veitch MLC". Archived from the original on 20 May 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2008.
  4. ^ "Upper House MP Michael Veitch approved". Daily Telegraph. 16 May 2008. Archived from the original on 17 June 2008.
  5. ^ "Meagher defends disgraced doctor reference check claims". ABC News. 16 May 2008. Archived from the original on 20 May 2008.