Paul Scarr

Paul Martin Scarr[1][2][3] (born 20 August 1969) is an Australian politician and former mining executive who was elected as a Senator for Queensland at the 2019 federal election.[4] He is a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland and sits with the Liberal Party in federal parliament.[5]

Senator

Paul Scarr
Senator for Queensland
Assumed office
1 July 2019
Personal details
Born (1969-08-20) 20 August 1969
Political partyLiberal / LNP
Spouse(s)Louise Scarr
Alma materUniversity of Queensland
ProfessionLawyer, General Counsel

Early life

Scarr was born in Bankstown, New South Wales to parents David and Diane. At the age of 7, he and his family moved to Queensland and he began attending Ipswich Grammar School in 1982.

In 1987, Scarr commenced studies at the University of Queensland and graduated in 1989 with a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Bachelor of Commerce.

He joined the Indooroopilly Queensland Young Liberals branch when he was 17 years old.

Career

After graduating from University, Scarr worked for two first-tier law firms, Allens, and King & Wood Mallesons, in both Australia and Papua New Guinea for two years.

In 2007, Scarr began working for PanAust Limited (a publicly listed Brisbane based mining company with projects worldwide). He was the company Secretary and General Counsel. During Scarr's time at PanAust, the company developed two mines in Laos and made major pre-development acquisitions in both Papua New Guinea and in Chile.

He is also a Chartered Company Secretary, and was recently recognised as a Fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia.

gollark: Actually, no, you can just mine it on the moon.
gollark: It would be very funny, since I dislike DE.
gollark: Assuming I can resolve some minor issues like "how do I set up the ritual without utter apification of it by chaos" can be resolved, I may *actually* become the first person on here to beat the chaos guardian.
gollark: I wonder how long it can keep the guardian frozen for anyway.
gollark: This is funnier.

References
  1. Lynch, Lydia (19 May 2019). "How the Senate is shaping up for Queensland". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  2. Remeikis, Amy (6 July 2018). "LNP dumps Ian Macdonald and Barry O'Sullivan from Senate ticket". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  3. "Qualification checklist" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  4. "Senate Results". ABC News. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  5. "Paul Scarr". Liberal Party of Australia. Retrieved 29 May 2019.


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