predecessor successor parliament birth_place constituency_mp party office birth_date term_start premier article_title term_end name
rachel mining -rrb- marc rowell nolan -lrb- natural resources -rrb- stirling hinchliffe -lrb- anthony lynham queensland tully , australia hinchinbrook liberal national party minister for natural resources and mines of queensland 5 february 1981 3 april 2012 9 september 2006 campbell newman andrew cripps
 14 february 2015 andrew cripps
andrew cripps

andrew peter cripps -lrb- born 5 february 1981 -rrb- is an australian politician who is a member of the legislative assembly of queensland and minister for natural resources and mines .
he was born in tully , queensland , australia , and was elected for the nationals in september 2006 to represent hinchinbrook , replacing the retiring national party mp , marc rowell .
cripps was re-elected in 2009 for liberal national party following the merger of the liberal party and the nationals in queensland .
since 27 november 2010 cripps has been the shadow minister for north queensland , reef protection and aboriginal & torres strait islander economic development and the shadow minister for public works.following a reshuffle he was appointed shadow minister for agriculture and north qld .
cripps has previously been the shadow minister for disability services and multicultural affairs -lrb- 6 april 2009 -- 26 november 2010 -rrb- , the shadow minister for natural resources and water -lrb- 30 september 2008 -- 5 april 2009 -rrb- , the shadow parliamentary secretary for infrastructure and planning -lrb- 29 january 2008 -- 12 august 2008 -rrb- and the shadow parliamentary secretary for mines and energy -lrb- 21 september 2006 -- 29 january 2008 -rrb- .
cripps serves on the law , justice and safety committee -lrb- since 23 april 2009 -rrb- and was previously a member of the legal , constitutional and administrative review committee -lrb- 23 april 2009 -- 28 may 2009 -rrb- , and the health quality and complaints commission select committee -lrb- 1 july 2007 -- 15 november 2007 -rrb- of the queensland parliament .
on 9 september 2008 he became one of the sitting members of the liberal national party of queensland .
before his election , cripps was a queensland state president of the young nationals and worked as rowell 's electorate officer .
