| Title | Biography for BURSTON, Brian |
| Database | Biographies |
| Date | 20-03-2023 12:06 PM |
| Source | Parliamentary Library |
| Current member | No |
| State | NSW |
| System Id | handbook/allmps/207807 |
Biography for BURSTON, BrianSenator for New South Wales
United Australia Party [2018]
Elected to the Senate for New South Wales 2016. Defeated at general elections 2019.
Senate Select: Red Tape served from 9.11.2016 to 12.9.2018; Funding for Research into Cancers with Low Survival Rates served from 1.12.2016 to 28.11.2017; Charity Fundraising in the 21st Century served from 27.6.2018 to 14.2.2019
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Whip in the Senate from 1.9.2016 to 18.6.2018.
Director of Pauline Hanson's One Nation from 2001 to 2003.
Born: 25.2.1948, Cessnock, Australia
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
DipT (Sydney Teachers' College).
AssocDipStrucEng (Sydney TAFE).
Apprentice Boilermaker from 1963 to 1968.
Boilermaker from 1968 to 1970.
Trainee Draftsman from 1971 to 1973.
Design Draftsman from 1973 to 1978.
Teacher of Engineering Drawing from 1978 to 1982.
Lecturer in Teacher Education from 1982 to 1987.
Architectural building design consultant from 1987 to 2016.
Councillor, Cessnock City Council from 1987 to 1999.
Deputy Mayor, Cessnock City Council, 1997.