Michael Randolph Freelander was born on 23 April 1953 and is an Australian politician and paediatrician.
16 Facts About Mike Freelander
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Mike Freelander has been a paediatrician since 1978, and a member of the Australian Labor Party.
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Mike Freelander has represented the Division of Macarthur, winning and holding the seat since the 2016 federal election the elections since.
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Mike Freelander's father Selwyn was a dentist and president of West Harbour RFC, while his mother Ruth was a preschool teacher.
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Mike Freelander attended Trinity Grammar School from 1965 to 1970, playing cricket and rugby and being appointed a prefect of the school.
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Mike Freelander studied medicine at the University of Sydney and is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.
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Mike Freelander trained as a paediatrician at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children.
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Mike Freelander additionally lectured at the University of Western Sydney.
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Mike Freelander became the head of Paediatrics at Campbelltown Hospital from 1986 to 2013.
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Mike Freelander has seen over 200,000 patients over his medical career.
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Mike Freelander was elected to parliament at the 2016 federal election, defeating sitting Liberal member Russell Matheson in the Division of Macarthur.
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Mike Freelander became the first Labor MP to hold Macarthur since the Keating government lost the 1996 election, and gained increased majorities, after preference distribution, at the 2019 and 2022 elections.
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Mike Freelander is the Chair of the standing committee on Health, Aged Care and Sport; and serves on the National Disability Insurance Scheme committee, Electoral Matters committee and Agriculture committee.
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Mike Freelander has championed several local health issues, such as obesity, for which he has advocated a sugar tax.
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Mike Freelander has six children with his wife Sharon, and had five grandchildren as of 2016.
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Mike Freelander has said that he is "not a particularly religious Jew, but I still describe myself as Jewish".