On 27 October 2017, the High Court of Australia ruled that he had been ineligible to be a candidate for the House of Representatives at the time of the 2016 election. In the Abbott and Turnbull governments, Joyce served as Minister for Agriculture (2013–2015), Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources (2015–2017), Minister for Resources and Northern Australia (2017) and Minister for Infrastructure and Transport (2017–2018).ĭuring the 2017–18 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Joyce was confirmed to be a dual citizen of New Zealand, which is forbidden under Section 44 of the Constitution of Australia. He succeeded Warren Truss as party leader and deputy prime minister in 2016. At the 2013 election, he transferred to the House of Representatives, winning the rural seat of New England in New South Wales.ĭuring 2013, Joyce replaced Nigel Scullion as deputy leader of the National Party. He became the National Party's Senate leader in 2008. Joyce was elected to the Australian Senate at the 2004 federal election, taking office in 2005. In 1999, he set up an accountancy practice in St George, Queensland. Joyce was born in Tamworth, New South Wales, and is a graduate of the University of New England. He was the leader of the National Party of Australia.
Barnaby Thomas Gerard Joyce (born 17 April 1967) is an Australian politician who served as the 17th deputy prime minister of Australia under Malcolm Turnbull from 2016 to 2018 and under Scott Morrison from 2021 to 2022.
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