Andrew Wallace


Andrew Bruce Wallace is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Liberal Party and has been a member of the House of Representatives since the 2016 federal election, representing the Division of Fisher.

Early life

Wallace was born in Melbourne. At the age of 19, he entered a Pallottine monastery in Victoria. He was asked to leave after less than a year when it was judged that he would not be able to fulfil his monastic vows. He was later apprenticed as a carpenter and eventually started his own building business. Wallace qualified as a barrister in 2000 after studying law at the Queensland University of Technology, subsequently practising in construction law for 16 years prior to his election to parliament.

Politics

Wallace was elected to parliament at the 2016 federal election, succeeding Mal Brough as the Liberal National Party member for the Division of Fisher. He has chaired the standing committees on Infrastructure, Transport and Cities; and Social Policy and Legal Affairs.