14 Facts About Christian Rowan

Dr Christian Andrew Carr Rowan was born on 5 October 1972 and is an Australian politician and specialist physician.

Christian Rowan has been the Liberal National Party State Member for Moggill in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2015.

Christian Rowan served as President of the Rural Doctors Association of Queensland from 2006 to 2007, and served as President of the Australian Medical Association of Queensland from 2013 to 2014.

Christian Rowan was awarded an Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine Distinguished Service Award in 2010.

Christian Rowan was previously the Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Uniting Care Health and Director of Medical Services at St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital.

Christian Rowan has worked as a Director of Medical Services and Medical Superintendent in rural and regional Queensland, predominantly in South-West Queensland but on the Darling Downs.

Christian Rowan has advocated about the growing public health problems of over-the-counter codeine misuse and the emergence of new synthetic drugs.

Christian Rowan has been a Medical Officer in the 2nd Health Battalion of the Australian Army located at the Enoggera Barracks in Brisbane.

At the 2004 Queensland state election, Christian Rowan was a candidate for the Queensland National Party in the seat of Gympie, finishing in third place behind Labor and incumbent Independent MP Elisa Roberts.

Christian Rowan was a Deputy Chair of the Health, Communities, Disability Services and Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Committee in the 55th Queensland Parliament.

In 2014, Christian Rowan was a spokesman for the Australian Medical Association when he informed doctors he supported the Newman Liberal National Party of Queensland Government's public hospital contracts.

In 2015, Christian Rowan called for a debate about reinstating the Death penalty for terrorist acts.

In 2019, Christian Rowan argued that pill testing should be considered as a harm minimisation strategy in Queensland.

Christian Rowan received his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from The University of Queensland in 1996.