Editing Peter Dutton (section)

{{Short description|Australian former politician (born 1970)}}
{{pp-blp|small=yes}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = [[The Honourable]]
| name                = Peter Dutton
| honorific-suffix    = 
| image               = Peter Dutton-2024.jpg
| caption             = Dutton in 2024
| office              = [[Leader of the Opposition (Australia)|Leader of the Opposition]]
| primeminister       = [[Anthony Albanese]]
| deputy              = Sussan Ley
| term_start          = 30 May 2022
| term_end            = 3 May 2025
| predecessor         = Anthony Albanese
| successor           = [[Sussan Ley]]
| order1              = 15th
| office1             = Leader of the Liberal Party of Australia{{!}}Leader of the Liberal Party
| deputy1             = Sussan Ley
| term_start1         = 30 May 2022
| term_end1           = 5 May 2025
| predecessor1        = [[Scott Morrison]]
| successor1          = Sussan Ley
{{Collapsed infobox section begin|Ministerial offices held|titlestyle = border:1px dashed lightgrey}} 
| office2             = [[Minister for Defence (Australia)|Minister for Defence]]
| primeminister2      = Scott Morrison
| deputy2             = [[Andrew Hastie]]
| term_start2         = 30 March 2021
| term_end2           = 23 May 2022
| predecessor2        = [[Linda Reynolds]]
| successor2          = [[Richard Marles]]
| office3             = [[Leader of the House (Australia)|Leader of the House]]
| primeminister3      = Scott Morrison
| term_start3         = 30 March 2021
| term_end3           = 23 May 2022
| predecessor3        = [[Christian Porter]]
| successor3          = [[Tony Burke]]
| office4             = [[Minister for Home Affairs (Australia)|Minister for Home Affairs]]
| primeminister4      = [[Malcolm Turnbull]]<br/>Scott Morrison
| term_start4         = 20 December 2017
| term_end4           = 30 March 2021
| successor4          = [[Karen Andrews]]
| office5             = [[Minister for Immigration and Border Protection]]
| primeminister5      = [[Tony Abbott]]<br/>Malcolm Turnbull
| term_start5         = 23 December 2014
| term_end5           = 21 August 2018
| predecessor5        = Scott Morrison
| successor5          = [[David Coleman (Australian politician)|David Coleman]]
| office6             = [[Minister for Health (Australia)|Minister for Health]]
| primeminister6      = Tony Abbott
| term_start6         = 18 September 2013
| term_end6           = 23 December 2014
| predecessor6        = [[Tanya Plibersek]]
| successor6          = Sussan Ley
| office7             = [[Minister for Sport (Australia)|Minister for Sport]]
| primeminister7      = Tony Abbott
| term_start7         = 18 September 2013
| term_end7           = 23 December 2014
| predecessor7        = [[Don Farrell]]
| successor7          = Sussan Ley
| office8             = [[Assistant Treasurer of Australia|Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer]]
| primeminister8      = [[John Howard]]
| term_start8         = 27 January 2006
| term_end8           = 3 December 2007
| predecessor8        = [[Mal Brough]]
| successor8          = [[Chris Bowen]]
| office9             = [[Minister for Workforce Participation (Australia)|Minister for Workforce Participation]]
| primeminister9      = John Howard
| term_start9         = 26 October 2004
| term_end9           = 27 January 2006
| predecessor9        = [[Fran Bailey]]
| successor9          = [[Sharman Stone]]
{{Collapsed infobox section end}}
| office10            = Member of the [[Australian House of Representatives|Australian Parliament]] <br /> for [[Division of Dickson|Dickson]]
| term_start10        = 10 November 2001
| term_end10          = 3 May 2025
| predecessor10       = [[Cheryl Kernot]]
| successor10         = [[Ali France]]
| birth_name          = Peter Craig Dutton
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|df=y|1970|11|18}}
| birth_place         = [[Brisbane]], Queensland, Australia
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| party               = [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] (federal)<br/>[[Liberal National Party of Queensland|LNP]] (state)
| otherparty          = [[Liberal-National Coalition]]
| spouse              = {{marriage|Kirilly Brumby|July 2003}}
| children            = 3
| education           = [[Queensland University of Technology]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Business|BBus]])}}
| website             = {{url|peterdutton.com.au}}
| signature           = Peter Dutton signature 2022.svg
| module              = {{Infobox police officer
|embed            = yes
|allegiance       = {{flag|Queensland}} 
|department       = [[Queensland Police Service|Queensland Police]]
|branch           = [[National Crime Authority]], Drug Squad, Sex Offenders Squad
|serviceyears     = 1990–1999 
|rank             = [[Queensland Police Service#Commissioned ranks|Detective Senior Constable]]{{efn|This was the highest rank Dutton achieved prior to leaving the Queensland Police.}}}}
}}
{{Conservatism in Australia|Politicians}}
'''Peter Craig Dutton''' (born 18 November 1970) is an Australian former<ref name="Jervis-Bardy-2025">{{Cite news |last=Jervis-Bardy |first=Dan |date=7 May 2025 |title=Race for Liberal leadership turns bitter as Peter Dutton vows 'graceful silence' on question of successor |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/07/race-for-liberal-leadership-turns-bitter-angus-taylor-sussan-ley-peter-dutton-successor?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR4rnrtvt9o7H7kHbPMJmV5NHxvHWuPEyS1UCqJf3RWL6kyr3ntEg2316s-g3g_aem_72Coba5sdMGYJkOdC2DRbw |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250507091906/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/07/race-for-liberal-leadership-turns-bitter-angus-taylor-sussan-ley-peter-dutton-successor |archive-date=7 May 2025 |access-date=7 May 2025 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> politician who served as the [[Leader of the Opposition (Australia)|Leader of the Opposition]] and the [[Leader of the Liberal Party of Australia|leader of the Liberal Party]] from 2022 to 2025. He was the [[Australian House of Representatives|member of parliament]] (MP) for the Queensland seat of [[Division of Dickson|Dickson]] between the [[2001 Australian federal election|2001]] and [[2025 Australian federal election|2025]] elections. He previously held ministerial office in the [[Howard government|Howard]], [[Abbott government|Abbott]], [[Turnbull government|Turnbull]], and [[Morrison government|Morrison]] governments, including as a [[Cabinet of Australia|cabinet]] minister from 2013 to 2022.

Dutton grew up in [[Brisbane]]. He worked as a police officer in the [[Queensland Police]] for nearly a decade upon leaving school, and later ran a construction business with his father. He joined the Liberal Party as a teenager and was elected to the House of Representatives at the 2001 election, aged 30. Following the [[2004 Australian federal election|2004 election]], he was appointed as [[Minister for Employment Participation (Australia)|Minister for Employment Participation]]. In January 2006, Dutton was promoted to [[Assistant Treasurer of Australia|Assistant Treasurer]] under [[Peter Costello]]. After the defeat of the [[Coalition (Australia)|Liberal-National Coalition]] at the [[2007 Australian federal election|2007 election]], he was appointed to the [[Shadow Cabinet of Australia|Shadow Cabinet]] as Shadow Minister for Health, a role he held for the next six years.

Upon the victory of the Coalition at the [[2013 Australian federal election|2013 election]], Dutton was appointed [[Minister for Health (Australia)|Minister for Health]] and [[Minister for Sport (Australia)|Minister for Sport]]. He was moved to the role of [[Minister for Immigration and Border Protection]] in December 2014, where he played a key role in overseeing [[Operation Sovereign Borders]]. He was kept in that position after [[Malcolm Turnbull]] [[September 2015 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill|replaced]] [[Tony Abbott]] as Prime Minister in September 2015. In December 2017, he was also given the new role of [[Minister for Home Affairs (Australia)|Minister for Home Affairs]], heading a new [[Department of Home Affairs (Australia)|"super" department]] with broad responsibilities brought together from other existing departments.

After the defeat of Abbott, Dutton became widely seen as the leader of the conservative faction in the Liberal Party, and began to be spoken of as a potential leader. In August 2018, after a period of poor opinion polling for the Coalition, Dutton [[2018 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spills|unsuccessfully challenged]] Turnbull for the leadership. He then was defeated by [[Scott Morrison]] in a second leadership ballot days later after Turnbull chose to resign. He was retained as Minister for Home Affairs by Morrison, later becoming [[Minister for Defence (Australia)|Minister for Defence]] and [[Leader of the House (Australia)|Leader of the House]] in March 2021. Dutton went on to succeed Morrison as party leader [[2022 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election|unopposed]] after the Coalition's defeat at the [[2022 Australian federal election|2022 election]], becoming leader of the opposition. He was the first Liberal leader to come from [[Queensland]], and the first leader since [[Alexander Downer]] to represent a seat outside New South Wales. Dutton led the Coalition to a landslide defeat at the [[2025 Australian federal election]], and lost his seat of Dickson to [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] candidate [[Ali France]], becoming the first federal Opposition Leader to lose their seat at an election.