Hon Paul Fletcher MP
Former Federal Member for Bradfield (2009 - 2025)
Paul Fletcher was first elected to the Parliament of Australia in 2009. He was elected six times as the Member for Bradfield before retiring from politics at the 2025 election.
From 2013 to 2022 the Liberal Party was the government and Paul served successively as a Parliamentary Secretary, Minister and Cabinet Minister. Apart from nine months as Minister for Social Services, Paul's front bench service was largely in communications and infrastructure. He was the Minister of Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts in the Morrison Government.
Paul was the Shadow Minister for Science, Arts, Government Services and the Digital Economy, and Manager of Opposition Business in the house, from May 2022 until January 2025.
Before politics, Paul's extensive private sector experience included eight years on the Senior Management Team at Optus.
Paul has dual first class honours degrees in law and economics from Sydney University and an MBA from Columbia University in New York where he was a Fulbright Scholar.
