Ross Xavier Vasta was born on 8 October 1966 and is an Australian politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2010, representing the Division of Bonner for the Liberal Party.
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Ross Vasta previously held the same seat from 2004 to 2007.
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Ross Vasta's parents were both born in Innisfail, Queensland, while his grandparents were all born in Sicily.
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Ross Vasta's mother registered him as an Italian citizen by descent when he was a child, but he renounced it prior to his first run for parliament in 2001.
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Ross Vasta was educated at Villanova College in the Brisbane suburb of Coorparoo, and attended Griffith University, where he graduated with a commerce degree.
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Ross Vasta ran and operated three family-owned Italian cuisine restaurants named Elio's and worked as a company director before entering politics.
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Ross Vasta is the brother of Salvatore Vasta, a controversial judge of the Federal Circuit Court, with significant controversy surrounding several of his cases.
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At the 2001 federal election, Ross Vasta was the Liberal Party candidate for the Division of Griffith.
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Ross Vasta was defeated by the sitting member, Kevin Rudd, who later became Prime Minister of Australia.
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Ross Vasta achieved a seven-point swing towards him, one of the highest of any Liberal candidate in Queensland.
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Ross Vasta was nominated to the speaker's panel in 2013 and has served as chair of the standing committees on privileges and parliamentary procedure.
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Ross Vasta is a member of the National Right faction of the Liberal Party, after previously being aligned with the centre-right faction during the Morrison government years.