Danny O'Brien | |
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&sq=Bangladesh&lang=en&file=File:Danny_O%27Brien_MP_-_July_2021_(cropped)2.jpg) O'Brien in July 2021 | |
| Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Gippsland South | |
| Assumed office 14 March 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Peter Ryan |
| Member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Eastern Victoria Region | |
| In office 26 March 2014 – 2 February 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Peter Hall |
| Succeeded by | Melina Bath |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Daniel David O'Brien 2 April 1974 Traralgon, Victoria, Australia |
| Political party | The Nationals |
| Occupation | Journalist |
Daniel David O'Brien (born 2 April 1974) is an Australian politician, and a Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly representing the electoral district of Gippsland South for the Nationals.
O'Brien was born and raised in Traralgon in Victoria's Gippsland region’s Latrobe City. He began his career as a journalist, and later became chief of staff to Peter Ryan, then a senior advisor to Deputy Prime Minister Mark Vaile, and worked in the trade department of the Australian Embassy in Jakarta. He then became chief of staff to Senator Barnaby Joyce, but within six months was preselected to replace the Nationals then-member for Eastern Victoria Region, Peter Hall, who had resigned from the Victorian Legislative Council on 17 March 2014. O'Brien was appointed to replace Hall at a joint sitting of the Victorian Parliament on 26 March.[1]
In February 2015, O'Brien sought and gained pre-selection for the lower house seat of Gippsland South, in the March 2015 by-election brought about by the resignation of Peter Ryan.[2] He won the by-election on 14 March.
- ^ Bettle, Colin (25 March 2014). "Barnaby's 'launching pad'". Stock & Land. Archived from the original on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
- ^ Doutre, Cimara (16 February 2015). "Danny O'Brien to contest Gippsland South by-election". The Weekly Times. Retrieved 19 February 2015.