predecessor parliament constituency_mp party birth_date term_start article_title name occupation
john forrest australian mallee the nationals 2 july 1975 7 september 2013 andrew broad
 andrew broad wheat and sheep farmer
andrew broad

andrew john broad -lrb- born 2 july 1975 -rrb- is an australian politician who was elected as the federal member for mallee in 2013 for the national party of australia .
broad is a former president of the victorian farmers ' federation , director of the national farmers federation and director of australian made .
a small business owner , andrew operated his wheat and sheep farm for 16 years from the age of 22 .
in 2006 andrew completed a nuffield scholarship , travelling to over 40 countries to advance his knowledge of agriculture .
the electorate of mallee covers 32.5 % of the state of victoria and contributes $ 5.3 billion annually to the australian economy .
in his role as a member of parliament andrew is a member of the house of representatives standing committee : environment and the joint standing committee : treaties , as a coalition politician andrew is a member of the coalition backbench committee on agriculture and the coalition backbence committee on trade and investment .
andrew has been outspoken in parliament on a number of issues important to his electorate including small business measures , water policy , primary producer tax concessions , domestic violence , illicit drug abuse , drought policy and foreign aid .
