23 Facts About Scott Buchholz

Scott Andrew Buchholz is an Australian politician.

Scott Buchholz is a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland and served as an assistant minister in the Morrison government from 2018 until May 2022, following the appointment of the Albanese ministry.

Scott Buchholz has represented the seat of Wright since the 2010 federal election, sitting with the parliamentary Liberal Party, and previously served as chief government whip in the House of Representatives in the Abbott government in 2015.

Scott Buchholz was a businessman in the transport industry before entering politics.

Scott Buchholz's father died when he was eight years old, after which he and his three siblings were raised by their mother on a widow's pension.

From 1985 to 1987 Scott Buchholz worked as a ringer on a station in Kilcummin.

Scott Buchholz subsequently moved to Emerald and worked in the agri-finance industry.

Scott Buchholz eventually established his own freight and courier business, starting with a contract for newspaper delivery between Emerald and Rockhampton.

Scott Buchholz was originally a member of the Queensland Nationals, serving as a delegate to state conference from 2007 and as chief of staff to the party's Senate leader Barnaby Joyce.

Scott Buchholz stood as a Senate candidate for the party at the 2007 federal election, placed sixth and last on the joint Coalition ticket.

Scott Buchholz was later appointed chairman of the transition action committee that conducted due diligence on the creation of the Liberal National Party of Queensland in 2008 as a merger of the Nationals and Liberals.

In June 2010, Scott Buchholz won LNP preselection for the newly created Division of Wright, defeating seven other candidates including television presenter Bob La Castra and former MP Cameron Thompson.

Scott Buchholz won the seat for the LNP at the 2010 federal election.

Scott Buchholz was appointed the Chief Government Whip in the House of Representatives on 13 February 2015, replacing Philip Ruddock.

Scott Buchholz was removed from the position on 20 September 2015, shortly after Malcolm Turnbull replaced Tony Abbott as prime minister.

Scott Buchholz subsequently served terms as chair of the joint standing committee on electoral matters and the joint statutory committee on public works.

Scott Buchholz was appointed to the speaker's panel in September 2016.

Scott Buchholz's title was changed to Assistant Minister for Road Safety and Freight Transport in May 2019, following the 2019 federal election and he held this position until May 2022, following the appointment of the Albanese ministry.

Scott Buchholz 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.

In 2017, Scott Buchholz's electorate voted in favour of same-sex marriage in the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey.

Scott Buchholz subsequently voted in favour of the Marriage Amendment Act 2017 which legalised same-sex marriage in Australia, stating "my first responsibility is to represent the people of Wright and to take their views to the House of Representatives".

In February 2019, Scott Buchholz publicly apologised for inappropriate behaviour towards a female Royal Australian Air Force officer while on a parliamentary exchange in Darwin in 2018.

The Department of Defence did not release the details of the formal complaint made by the officer, but it was reported that Scott Buchholz gave her an unwanted hug.