House of Representatives
Rick Wilson
Rick Wilson is the Liberal Party of Australia MP for O'Connor. First elected 7 September 2013.
- 2013 Won O'Connor, entered parliament
- 2016 Chaired agriculture committee
- 2020 Chaired Public Works committee
- 2022 Named shadow trade assistant
- Liberal Party of Australia
What do they focus on?
Not enough tracked speeches or amendments to say yet.
Bars show tracked speeches and amendments by policy area.
How do they vote?
Share of recorded votes on the same side as each party's majority.
373 tracked votes while with Liberal.
How do they compare?
- Years in parliament i Total time served across every stint in either chamber, up to the end of the tracked record. 12.8 yrs 0.2 avg 8.5 yrs 33.3
- Votes against their party i Recorded votes cast against their own party's majority side. The average is across party members only. 3 avg 0.6 26
- Bills introduced i Bills they introduced to Parliament, counted across the tracked record. 0 avg 2.8 46
- Amendments sponsored i Amendments to bills they put forward during debate, counted across the tracked record. 0 avg 7.9 226
The marker starts at their party’s position and shifts only for floor-crossings towards a neighbouring party. No topic strip is shown because their economic, social and environment votes followed the party line.
What have they done lately?
Recent speeches show mixed positions on the parliamentary departments appropriation bill: on 4 March 2026, Wilson said the Coalition would support the package while criticising overspending; on 10 March, he opposed the bill over debt, inflation and interest rates. On 20 January, he opposed the firearms and customs hate-and-extremism bill, arguing that it scapegoats lawful gun owners and criminalises ordinary sporting-shooting activities. Earlier, on 3 November 2025, he supported the bill to scrap net zero, linking current climate policies to regional jobs and costs.
When do they vote against their party?
3 times across 373 tracked votes. Most recently:
- 31 May 2023 Voice referendum bill clears House second reading
- 31 May 2023 Voice bill text clears House consideration
- 31 May 2023 House passed the bill
What do they say in debate?
15 tracked speeches across 14 bills.
- 5 backing a bill
- 1 with reservations
- 9 against
- 0 no clear position
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About these numbers
Based on 766 tracked bills from the 47th and 48th Parliaments, current to 6 July 2026. This is a sample of parliamentary activity, not the complete record.
Career markers come from dated public records. Voting figures use division lists only. For party members, the left-to-right marker begins at the party position. It moves only when the member votes against that party and on the same side as a neighbouring party; other cross-party combinations do not affect it. Independents and minor-party members are placed by their votes in divisions where the Greens and the Coalition took opposite sides. If this position differs from a member’s broader public politics, a note appears below the strip.