Biography for DREYFUS, the Hon. Mark Alfred, KCMember for Isaacs (Vic)
Australian Labor Party
Parliamentary Service
Elected to the House of Representatives for Isaacs, Victoria, 2007. Re-elected 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 and 2022.
Ministerial Appointments
Cabinet Secretary from 14.9.2010 to 4.2.2013.
Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency from 14.9.2010 to 4.2.2013.
Parliamentary Secretary for Industry and Innovation from 14.12.2011 to 4.2.2013.
Attorney-General from 4.2.2013 to 18.9.2013.
Minister for Emergency Management from 4.2.2013 to 18.9.2013.
Cabinet Minister from 14.2.2013 to 18.9.2013.
Special Minister of State from 25.3.2013 to 18.9.2013.
Minister for the Public Service and Integrity from 25.3.2013 to 18.9.2013.
Cabinet Minister from 1.6.2022.
Attorney-General from 1.6.2022.
Cabinet Secretary from 1.6.2022.
Committee Service
House of Representatives Standing: Legal and Constitutional Affairs served as Chair from 19.2.2008 to 19.7.2010; Climate Change, Water, Environment and the Arts served from 19.2.2008 to 19.7.2010; Social Policy and Legal Affairs served from 4.12.2013 to 9.5.2016; Environment served from 4.12.2013 to 9.5.2016
Joint Statutory: Intelligence and Security served from 12.3.2008 to 19.7.2010; Intelligence and Security served from 25.11.2014 to 9.5.2016; Intelligence and Security served from 15.9.2016 to 11.4.2022
Parliamentary Party Positions
Deputy Manager of Opposition Business in the House from 18.10.2013 to 2.6.2019.
Shadow Minister for the Arts from 18.10.2013 to 23.7.2016.
Shadow Attorney-General from 18.10.2013 to 1.6.2022.
Shadow Cabinet Minister from 18.10.2013 to 23.5.2022.
Shadow Minister for National Security from 23.7.2016 to 2.6.2019.
Shadow Minister for Constitutional Reform from 2.6.2019 to 23.5.2022.
Party Positions
Member of the Australian Labor Party from 1979.
President of the Australian Labor Party Collingwood Branch, 1985.
Chair of the Australian Labor Party Review Panel (Vic.), 1998.
Chair of the Australian Labor Party National Policy Committee from 2008 to 2009.
Other Positions
Appointed Queen's Counsel from 1999.
Personal
Born: 3.10.1956, Perth, Australia
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Qualifications and Occupations
BA (University of Melbourne).
LLB (University of Melbourne).
Field officer of the Northern Land Council, Darwin, from 1979 to 1981.
Research Fellow at the National Research Institute of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, 1982.
Solicitor from 1982 to 1985.
Ministerial adviser to the Attorney-General, Minister for Planning and Minister for Corrections (Vic.) from 1985 to 1987.
Barrister from 1987 to 2007.
Electorate
Name: Isaacs
Location: The Division of Isaacs consists of: part of the Greater Dandenong City Council, and part of the Kingston City Council.
Area: 155 Sq km
Electors enrolled: 108,297 (at 7.6.2019)
Industries: Light manufacturing, aviation and retail.