Background
He was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and was educated at Sydney University and Macquarie University, and has a master"s degree in economics from the latter.
He was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and was educated at Sydney University and Macquarie University, and has a master"s degree in economics from the latter.
University of Sydney.
His seat was radically altered ahead of the 2007 election. He"d previously held the seat with a fairly safe majority of eight percent, but lost much of his territory near Sydney. This wiped out Bartlett"s majority and turned Macquarie into a marginal Labor seat.
He was defeated by former Labor state minister Bob Debus on a swing of six percent.
He was a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives between March 1996 and November 2007, representing the Division of Macquarie, New South Wales.