Colin Holt (politician)

The Honourable Colin Holt MLC
Member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 May 2009
Constituency	South West Region
Personal details
Born	31 August 1963 Goomalling, Western Australia, Australia
Political party	National
Alma mater	University of Western Australia

Colin James Holt (born 31 August 1963) is an Australian politician who has been a National Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia since 2009, representing South West Region. He served as a minister in the government of Colin Barnett between December 2014 and August 2016.

Holt was born in Goomalling, Western Australia, to Violet May (née Waldock) and Frank Holt. He attended high school in Perth, at Lockridge Senior High School, and then went on to study zoology at the University of Western Australia. After graduating, Holt worked for the state government's Department of Agriculture as a community development consultant, living for periods in Derby, Halls Creek, Bruce Rock, Carnarvon, Narrogin, and Australind. He later also worked as a company director for the Arid Group, a transport business.^[1]

Holt first stood for parliament at the 2005 state election, running second on the Nationals' ticket for the South West Region. At the 2008 election, he was made the party's lead candidate, and was elected. From 2011 to 2013, Holt was deputy chairman of committees in the Legislative Council. He was made a parliamentary secretary after the 2013 election, and in December 2014 was elevated to the ministry, replacing Bill Marmion as Minister for Housing and Terry Waldron as Minister for Racing and Gaming.^[2] Holt resigned from the ministry in August 2016, allowing the new National Party leader, Brendon Grylls, to return to cabinet.^[3]

References

1. Colin James Holt – Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
2. Hon. Colin (Col) James Holt MLC BSc (Zoology) – Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
3. "Nationals MP Colin Holt 'very comfortable' making way for return of Brendon Grylls", ABC News, 11 August 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.