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Portrait of Andrew Wallace

Andrew Wallace

Liberal National Party of Queensland · House of Representatives · Fisher (QLD) · incumbent

Early life & education encyclopedia

Andrew Bruce Wallace was born on 23 April 1968 in Melbourne. At 19 he entered a Pallottine monastery in Victoria, and his mother later organised an apprenticeship for him as a carpenter, after which he started his own building business. He studied law at the Queensland University of Technology, qualified as a barrister in 2000, and practised in construction law for 16 years before entering politics.

Background official record

Carpenter, joiner and builder 1987-2016 who ran his own building business; qualified as a barrister in 2000 and practised construction law until 2016. Speaker of the House November 2021 to April 2022; Shadow Attorney-General October 2025 to February 2026, with no current shadow role.

2025 election · Fisher WALLACE, Andrew (LNP) was elected with 44,100 first-preference votes. Two-candidate-preferred count: WALLACE, Andrew (LNP) 66,385, LAKEY, Morrison (Australian Labor Party) 52,087. [AEC results]

Sourced positions

Each position is the member's own stated view or vote, supported by the listed sources. The badge says what kind of source backs it — official record (Hansard, a parliament, a government or an electoral commission), own statement (their own site or their party's), news report (journalism or a third-party organisation) or encyclopedia. That is a statement about the evidence, not about how much we believe it. This page records public statements and conduct only — see methodology.

AyeNoPairedDid not vote

Immigration recorded votes

Votes on record · 1

Faith & religion encyclopedia

Wallace is described as a practising Catholic; his Wikipedia article states he and his wife Leonie are 'Practising Catholics,' and that at age 19 he entered a Pallottine monastery in Victoria before being asked to leave within a year. His initial opposition to same-sex marriage was on religious grounds.

Foreign policy & aid encyclopedia

Wallace serves as Oceania Chair of the Israel Allies Caucus; he has supported Israel's military response to the Hamas-led attack on Israel and has urged action against antisemitism in Australia. He urged Australia to provide military support to Ukraine and, as Speaker, arranged for President Zelensky to address Parliament. He has argued Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps needs to be brought back to the place where it was "weak, broke and totally under control" and sought to minimise access to sensitive military sites.

Economy & tax recorded votes

Votes on record · 7

Workplace & industrial relations recorded votes

Votes on record · 2

Drugs & law and order recorded votes

Votes on record · 5

Gambling & gaming reform recorded votes

Votes on record · 1

First Nations & treaty recorded votes

Votes on record · 2

Integrity & anti-corruption recorded votes

Votes on record · 2

Health recorded votes

Votes on record · 5

Education recorded votes

Votes on record · 2

Environment & water recorded votes

Votes on record · 9

Votes are shown as the official record lists them — Hansard federally and in New South Wales; Votes and Proceedings, Minutes of the Proceedings and Hansard in Victoria; the Record of Proceedings in Queensland; the Votes and Proceedings and Minutes of Proceedings in Western Australia; the Votes and Proceedings (House of Assembly) and Hansard (Legislative Council) in South Australia; the Votes and Proceedings of both chambers in Tasmania. "Did not vote" means the member held the seat that day and is on neither list — the record says who was in the chamber, not why, so it is never an abstention. Western Australia’s record prints no pairs, so a member paired there shows as did not vote. Nothing is shown for a presiding officer who by law gives only a casting vote (the Speaker and the President in South Australia, the President in Tasmania), nor for the member presiding at a Tasmanian division, which Tasmania’s journals record. Which bills sit under which issue is an editorial choice, made bill by bill with a reason read from the second-reading speech. A bill decided by an earlier parliament (Queensland’s 2018 abortion law reform, for one) is shown with that parliament named, read from the official record of the day. For Queensland and the federal parliament “did not vote” there means the member held a seat that day, as their service is recorded; for the other earlier parliaments the record of who held a seat could not be read, so only the printed Aye, No and paired votes are shown.

Record last updated 2026-10-10.