Mark McArdle

Mark McArdle is the Minister for Energy and Water Supply and your Member for Caloundra.

He was elected to Parliament as the Member for Caloundra on 16 February 2004.

Parliamentary Positions

• March 2004 - Sept 2005
• Liberal Shadow Minister for Justice, State Development & Innovation, Emergency services, Seniors and
• Local Government. Shadow Attorney General. Liberal Party Whip.
• September 2005 - July 2008
• Shadow Minister for Justice, Shadow Attorney General.
• August 2006 - Dec 2007
• Deputy Leader of the Parliamentary Liberal Party
• Dec 2007 - July 2008
• Leader of the Liberal Party
• July 2008 - Current
• Deputy Leader of the Opposition

Party Positions

• Chairman Fisher FEC
• Chairman Fisher Business Branch
• Member of Liberal Party State Executive

Delegations
Member, Queensland State government Delegation to Korea and Japan September 2005

Community Involvement
Mark is an avid support of community groups within his electorate of Caloundra.

He is currently Patron of

• Sunshine Coast Clay Target Club
• Sunshine Coast Youth Orchestra
• Caloundra Chorale and Theatre Company Inc.
• Caloundra Family History Group Inc
• Sunshine Coast Disability Group
• Caloundra State High School

Vice Patron of

• Surf Life Saving Sunshine Coast
• Ithaca Caloundra City Life Saving
• Caloundra Metropolitan Life Saving Club
• Surf Life Saving Queensland
• Founding Member of the Sunshine Coast Family  Centre

Memberships

• Caloundra City Ratepayers Association,
• Caloundra Chamber of Commerce
• Caloundra Red Cross
• Kawana Chamber of Commerce
• Kawana Community Association
• Australian Independent Retirees
• Australian Pensioners and Superannuants League
• Night Eyes
• Caloundra Tourist Association
• Golden Beach Progress Association
• Currimundi Catchment Care Group
• Friends of Currimundi Lake
• Save the Children
• Caloundra Economic Development Board
• Airport Steering Committee
• Domestic Violence
• Caloundra Community Centre
• Integrated Youth Service
• Regular attendee at P & C Association meetings in the electorate and also
• Neighbourhood Watch meetings

 
Policy Advisory Committees

• Attorney General and Justice
• Seniors
• Police Forum
• Liberal Advisory group includes Fisher Women's Council
• Personal
• Mark and his wife Judy live at Ivedale Lakes, Little Mountain and have a grown up family.
• Qualifications and occupation before entering State Parliament
• Solicitor in the Supreme Court of Queensland
• Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice
• Member of the Federal Attorney-General's Family Law Council Committee
• Approved Mediator - Queensland Law Society Inc

Electorate Contacts