What is John Anderson (Australian politician)?
[[File:John Anderson at Newstead (cropped).jpg|thumb|John Anderson (2017)]] '''John Duncan Anderson''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AO}} (born 14 November 1956) is an [[Australia]]n politician. He was the [[Deputy Prime Minister of Australia]] and leader of the [[National Party of Australia|National Party]] from 1999 to 2005. He was a member of the [[Australian House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] from 1989 to 2007. He also served as [[Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management|Minister for Primary Industries and Energy]] (1996–1998) and [[Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development|Minister for Transport and Regional Development]] (1998–2005) in the [[John Howard|Howard Government]]. Anderson was born in [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]]. He is married to Julia Robertson. The couple have five children.<ref>{{Cite news|work=[[The Age]]|url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/autumn-for-a-man-of-all-seasons-20050624-ge0eg7.html|title=Autumn for a man of all seasons|date=24 June 2005|access-date=8 July 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commonscat}} *{{Official website|https://johnanderson.net.au/}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, John}} [[Category:1956 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Deputy Prime Ministers of Australia]] [[Category:Government ministers of Australia]] [[Category:National Party of Australia politicians]] [[Category:Politicians from Sydney]] {{bio-stub}} [[Category:Officers of the Order of Australia]]