Andrew Cripps


Andrew Peter Cripps is an Australian politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2006 to 2017 and served as Minister for Natural Resources and Mines.
He was born in Tully, Queensland, Australia, and was elected for The Nationals in September 2006 to represent Hinchinbrook, replacing the retiring National Party MP, Marc Rowell. Cripps was re-elected in 2009 for Liberal National Party following the merger of the Liberal Party and The Nationals in Queensland.
From 27 November 2010, Cripps was the Shadow Minister for North Queensland, Reef Protection and Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Economic Development and the Shadow Minister for Public Works. Following a reshuffle, he was appointed Shadow Minister for Agriculture and North Queensland. Cripps had previously been the Shadow Minister for Disability Services and Multicultural Affairs, Shadow Minister for Natural Resources and Water, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Infrastructure and Planning and Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Mines and Energy.
Cripps served on the Law, Justice and Safety Committee and was a member of the Legal, Constitutional and Administrative Review Committee, and the Health Quality and Complaints Commission Select Committee of the Queensland Parliament. On 9 September 2008, he became one of the sitting members of the Liberal National Party of Queensland.
Before his election, Cripps was a Queensland state president of the Young Nationals and worked as Rowell's electorate officer.

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