Warren Truss
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Warren Errol Truss (born 8 October 1948), is an Australian politician. He has been a National Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1990, representing the Division of Wide Bay, Queensland. He was born in Kingaroy, Queensland, and was a farmer before entering politics. He was chair of the Sugar Coast Burnett Regional Tourism Board and a member of the Kingaroy Shire Council 1976-90.
Truss was a member of the Opposition Shadow Ministry 1994-96, and was Deputy Leader of the House 1997-98. He was Minister for Customs and Consumer Affairs 1997-98 and Minister for Community Services 1998-99. He has been Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, with a seat in the Cabinet, since July 1999.
He was featured about in an episode of Lost, a TV series on ABC.