Bridget McKenzie

Quick Facts

Full Name	Bridget McKenzie
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Dec 27, 1969(1969-12-27)
Age	55
Birthplace	Alexandra
Country	South Africa
Birth City	Gauteng
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Bridget McKenzie Biography

Bridget McKenzie is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on December 27, 1969 in Alexandra, Gauteng, South Africa. Bridget McKenzie (born 27 December 1969) is a prominent Australian politician from Australia. The politician was appointed to the the federal parliament in 2010 , and was elected to her seat as a senator for Victoria at the beginning of July. She was elected again in the election of 2016. In December 2017 she was elected vice-leader in the National Party in place of Fiona Nash, who had been declared unfit for election for Senate Senate through the High Court. In accordance with the conditions in the Coalition agreement with the Liberal Party, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull immediately appointed McKenzie to cabinet in the positions of Minister for Sport as well as Minister of Rural Health, and Minister for Regional Communications. After Scott Morrison replaced Turnbull as the Prime Minister, he changed the ministry and eliminated the last two posts. McKenzie kept the sports portfolio , and was also appointed minister for Regional Services, Decentralisation and Local Government until the 2019 Federal election. After that, McKenzie became the first female appointed Minister of Agriculture.

McKenzie became a part of her membership in the National Party at the age of 18 and was an assistant vice-president of the Victorian branch from 2006 until 2009. McKenzie first ran for parliament during the 2004 federal election. She was unsuccessful in standing in the House of Representatives in the division of McMillan. In the 2010 election, McKenzie got elected into the Senate in the third spot on an alliance Coalition ticket. Her term started on July 1, 2011.

In 2017, McKenzie was accused of using parliamentary travel entitlements for personal benefit, in a weekend trip to the Gold Coast in September 2014. Also questioned was a February 2017 trip to Sydney to speak at a Shooting Australia awards ceremony, which was claimed as “electorate business”; media reports suggested that it did not fall under the usual category of parliamentary business, and the city of Sydney is not located in the state of Victoria which Bridget represents.

McKenzie’s electorate office was in the regional city of Bendigo, and she was described in media headlines as “Bendigo-based” on a number of occasions. In 2018, after maintaining the office in Bendigo as “a National Party campaign office” for some months following her ascension to Cabinet, McKenzie relocated her electorate office to Wodonga, some 250km away in the federal electorate of Indi, which led to rumours she would contest the seat, at the 2019 federal election but eventually declined to do so. This ultimately cost taxpayers more than $500,000. In 2016 it was noted that her primary residence was a flat in the inner-Melbourne suburb of Elwood, and she stayed in hotels when she visited Bendigo.

Prior to her political career, McKenzie started a family and later was a student at Deakin University as a mature-age student. She was elected as head of Deakin’s student body in 2003. She ran to run for House of Representatives seat of McMillan during the election of 2004 however she failed. Before becoming a senator, McKenzie worked as a school teacher in the Gippsland region of Victoria and then was a lecturer at Monash University where she lectured in the field of education. In 2006-2009 McKenzie was a junior vice president in the Victorian branch of the National Party, which she was a member of when she was aged 18. After her accession to the Senate, McKenzie served as party whip from 2013 until 2014.

Bridget McKenzie Net Worth

Bridget McKenzie is one of the richest Politician from South Africa. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Bridget McKenzie 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

It was 1993 when Ros Kelly was Labor Sports Minister of the Keating government, quit under nearly identical circumstances. This led to what was later referred to in the Sports Rorts affair.

McKenzie was born in Alexandra, Victoria. She was raised in Benalla where her mother was a teacher at the primary school while her father worked as dairyman. She was a student at Tintern Grammar, where she was house captain and swimming captain. After having a child, McKenzie began studying at Deakin University as a mature-age student. She completed two degrees in applied sciences (specialising the human body’s movement) and in teaching (specialising with mathematics). She was head of the Deakin University Student Association in 2003. McKenzie later taught maths and physical education for a number of seasons within Yarram Secondary College, Gippsland. She then taught in the field of the field of education in the department of education at Monash University.

McKenzie was her party’s Senate whip from September 2013 to June 2014. She was elected deputy leader to Barnaby Joyce in December 2017, replacing Fiona Nash after her disqualification from parliament due to dual citizenship. Under the terms of the Coalition Agreement with the Liberals, McKenzie was elevated to cabinet as Minister for Sport, Minister for Rural Health, and Minister for Regional Communications.

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In the lead-up to the 2019 election, McKenzie oversaw a controversial $100 million grant program that led to claims of pork-barrelling. A report by the Australian National Audit Office stated that the administration of the program “was not informed by an appropriate assessment process and sound advice.” Sports Australia made determinations as to which applications were most deserving of funding, but the allocation of grants was subsequently determined by ministerial discretion and the Auditor-General’s report noted that it was unclear whether this was within McKenzie’s legal authority. The allocations went disproportionately to marginal electorates held by the Coalition or to electorates that the Coalition was targeting in the election and critics alleged she had unlawfully spent taxpayer funds with the aim of improving the coalition’s electoral prospects. No evidence was supplied. Morrison ordered an investigation when claims were made that McKenzie had acted with a conflict of interest in directing funding to a club of which she was a member. McKenzie resigned from her positions as Minister for Agriculture and deputy party Leader on 2 February 2020.

Facts & Trivia

Bridget Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in South Africa. Bridget McKenzie celebrates birthday on December 27 of every year.

Top Facts about Bridget McKenzie

1. Bridget McKenzie is an Australian politician born in 1969.
2. She was the Minister for Agriculture from 2018-2020.
3. McKenzie resigned due to a sports grants scandal.
4. The scandal involved $100 million in funding.
5. She was accused of favoring her own electorate.
6. McKenzie is a member of the National Party of Australia.
7. She has been a senator since 2011.
8. Prior to politics, she worked as a teacher and journalist.
9. McKenzie holds degrees in education and political science.
10. She grew up on a dairy farm in regional Victoria, Australia.