Peter CAIN
Canberra Liberals
Member for Ginninderra
Contact
Ph: (02) 6205 1927
cain@parliament.act.gov.au
GPO Box 1020
Canberra ACT 2601
Peter Cain (external site)
Assembly service
- Elected 28 October 2020
Committee service
Standing committees
- Justice and Community Safety (February 2022 – present)
Previous
- Education and Community Inclusion (December 2020 – February 2022)
Parliamentary positions
Current
- Assistant Speaker (since November 2020)
- Assistant Shadow Treasurer (since March 2021)
- Shadow Attorney-General (since November 2020)
- Shadow Minister for Planning and Land Management (since March 2021)
- Shadow Minister for Multicultural Affairs (since June 2022)
Previous
- Shadow Minister for Regulatory Services (November 2020 – June 2022)
- Shadow Minister for Jobs and Workplace Affairs (November 2020 – June 2022)
About Peter Cain
Inaugural speech
Peter Cain gave his inaugural speech to the Assembly on 2 December 2020.
Member's videos
Previous occupations, qualifications
Occupations
- Teacher
- Public servant
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Mathematics (Hons)
- Diploma of Education
- Bachelor of Law (Hons)
- Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice
- Admitted to roll of legal practitioners, ACT Supreme Court and High Court of Australia
Community activities
- Vice president, ACT Law Society
- Councillor, ACT Law Society
- Chair, Government Law Committee, ACT Law Society
- Collector, Red Shield
- Supporter, Scouts ACT
Personal
- Born in the Hunter Valley, NSW
- Married to Claire with 7 children–with birthplaces in NSW, SA and ACT
- Lived in Canberra since 1990; Evatt since 1997
- Christian faith
Interests
Family, gardening, backyard chickens, reading (especially science fiction), sports