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For the British actor, see Christopher Ellison.

Christopher Martin Ellison (born 15 June 1954), an Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian Senate since July 1993, representing Western Australia. He was born in Bulawayo, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), and was educated at the University of Western Australia, where he gained a law degree. He was a barrister and solicitor and a lawyer with the Legal Aid Commission of Western Australia before entering politics.^[1] Ellison was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health and Family Services and to the Attorney-General in 1997, Minister for Customs and Consumer Affairs and Minister Assisting the Attorney-General 1997, Minister for Schools, Vocational Education and Training 1997-98 and Special Minister of State 1998-2001. He was Minister for Justice and Customs between January 2001 and March 2007. From March 2007 until the defeat of the Howard government in the 2007 election, Ellison was Minister for Human Services and a member of cabinet.^[1] Ellison is known for his conservative values, he is a strong monarchist and a member of the Australians for Constitutional Monarchy. He has strong values about the protection of life by being strongly opposed to abortion and euthanasia.

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^ ^a ^b Biography for Ellison, the Hon. Christopher Martin. ParlInfo Web. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved on 2007-12-02.

Political offices
Preceded by Geoff Prosser	Minister for Customs and Consumer Affairs 1997–1998	Succeeded by Warren Truss
Preceded by David Kemp	Minister for Schools, Vocational Education and Training 1997–1998	Succeeded by Title abolished
Preceded by Nick Minchin	Special Minister of State 1998–2001	Succeeded by Eric Abetz
Preceded by Amanda Vanstone	Minister for Justice and Customs 2001–2007	Succeeded by David Johnston
Preceded by Ian Campbell	Minister for Human Services 2007	Succeeded by Joe Ludwig

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Current members of the Australian Senate

NSW

George Campbell (ALP) • Helen Coonan (Lib) • John Faulkner (ALP) • Concetta Fierravanti-Wells (Lib) • Michael Forshaw (ALP) • Bill Heffernan (Lib) • Steve Hutchins (ALP) • Sandy Macdonald (Nat) • Fiona Nash (Nat) • Kerry Nettle (Grn) • Marise Payne (Lib) • Ursula Stephens (ALP)

QLD

Andrew Bartlett (Dem) • Ron Boswell (Nat) • Sue Boyce (Lib) • George Brandis (Lib) • John Hogg (ALP) • Barnaby Joyce (Nat) • Joe Ludwig (ALP) • Ian Macdonald (Lib) • Jan McLucas (ALP) • Brett Mason (Lib) • Claire Moore (ALP) • Russell Trood (Lib)

Cory Bernardi (Lib) • Simon Birmingham (Lib) • Grant Chapman (Lib) • Alan Ferguson (Lib) • Mary Jo Fisher (Lib) • Annette Hurley (ALP) • Linda Kirk (ALP) • Anne McEwen (ALP) • Nick Minchin (Lib) • Natasha Stott-Despoja (Dem) • Penny Wong (ALP) • Dana Wortley (ALP)

Tas

Eric Abetz (Lib) • Guy Barnett (Lib) • Bob Brown (Grn) • Carol Brown (ALP) • David Bushby (Lib) • Richard Colbeck (Lib) • Christine Milne (Grn) • Kerry O'Brien (ALP) • Stephen Parry (Lib) • Helen Polley (ALP) • Nick Sherry (ALP) • John Watson (Lib)

Vic

Lyn Allison (Dem) • Kim Carr (ALP) • Steve Conroy (ALP) • Steve Fielding (FFP) • Mitch Fifield (Lib) • Rod Kemp (Lib) • Julian McGauran (Lib) • Gavin Marshall (ALP) • Kay Patterson (Lib) • Robert Ray (ALP) • Michael Ronaldson (Lib) • Judith Troeth (Lib)

Judith Adams (Lib) • Mark Bishop (ALP) • Mathias Cormann (Lib) • Alan Eggleston (Lib) • Chris Ellison (Lib) • Chris Evans (ALP) • David Johnston (Lib) • Ross Lightfoot (Lib) • Andrew Murray (Dem) • Rachel Siewert (Grn) • Glenn Sterle (ALP) • Ruth Webber (ALP)

Territories

ACT	Gary Humphries (Lib) • Kate Lundy (ALP)
NT	Trish Crossin (ALP) • Nigel Scullion (CLP)

Labor (ALP) • Democrat (Dem) • Family First (FFP) • Greens (GRN) • Liberal (Lib) • Country Liberal (CLP) • National (Nat)

Persondata
NAME	Ellison, Chris
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Australian politician
DATE OF BIRTH	15 June 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bulawayo, Rhodesia
DATE OF DEATH	Living person
PLACE OF DEATH