Kevin Hogan | |
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 Official portrait, 2019 | |
| Deputy Leader of the National Party | |
| Assumed office 12 May 2025 | |
| Leader | David Littleproud |
| Preceded by | Perin Davey |
| Deputy Leader of Opposition Business in the House | |
| Assumed office 5 June 2022 | |
| Leader | Peter Dutton Susan Ley |
| Preceded by | Mark Butler |
| Deputy Speaker of the House | |
| In office 26 March 2018 – 10 February 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Mark Coulton |
| Succeeded by | Llew O'Brien |
| Member of theAustralian Parliament forPage | |
| Assumed office 7 September 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Janelle Saffin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kevin John Hogan (1963-08-11)11 August 1963 (age 62) Port Augusta, South Australia, Australia |
| Political party | National |
| Spouse | Karen Webber |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Flinders University Southern Cross University |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Economist |
| Website | www |
Kevin John Hogan (born 11 August 1963) is an Australian politician who has served as deputy leader of theNational Party since May 2025. He has been a member of theHouse of Representatives since 2013, representing theDivision of Page inNew South Wales. He was an assistant minister in theMorrison government from 2020 to 2022.
Hogan was born inPort Augusta in regionalSouth Australia. After completing aBachelor of Economics degree atFlinders University,[citation needed] he began a career in finance. He moved to Sydney and worked for an official money market dealer,GIO Securities, dealing with theReserve Bank of Australia on a daily basis.[citation needed] Hogan then went on to work withColonial First State for ten years. In this role he managed a multibillion-dollar portfolio and appeared onSky News Australia every morning giving an economic update. He was also for a period an Investment Officer for an Industry Super Fund.
Hogan married his wife Karen they returned to Karen's home town ofLismore.
He then operated his own consultancy business and runs a small cattle property outside Lismore.[citation needed]
Hogan ran as theNationals candidate for theDivision of Page at the2010 election, but was defeated by the incumbentAustralian Labor Party candidateJanelle Saffin. He re-contested thebellwether seat at the2013 election. He secured a two-party-preferred swing of 6.7 points[1] – almost twice the national average of 3.6 points, finishing with a margin of 2.5 points. He was re-elected at the2016 election with a margin of 2.3%.
On 26 March 2018, the House of Representatives elected Hogan asDeputy Speaker.[2]
FollowingPeter Dutton's unsuccessful attempt to oustMalcolm Turnbull as leader of theLiberal Party andPrime Minister, Hogan announced that he would move to the crossbench if the Liberals called foranother spill before the next election.[3] He made good on his promise on 24 August, when Turnbull resigned the leadership rather than face a second spill, which resulted inScott Morrison becoming prime minister. Hogan called himself an "Independent National"; while he sat on the crossbench, he continued to support the Coalition on confidence and supply matters, and remained in the National party room.[4] Nationals leader and Deputy Prime MinisterMichael McCormack said that Hogan remained a member of the Nationals in good standing. McCormack also stated that Hogan would have the Nationals' full support if he sought re-election as a National at thenext federal election.[5]
Hogan sought re-election as a National in 2019, and was re-elected with a healthy swing of seven percent, enough to technically make Page a safe National seat. In a statement published on his own website on 21 May 2019, Hogan announced that he was returning to the Coalition benches, saying that he was satisfied that rule changes in the Liberal Party to discourage challenges to sitting prime ministers would end the instability that had caused him to withdraw from the Coalition in protest, and that the recent election results showed that the public wanted a Coalition government.[6]
In February 2020, Hogan was promoted to theMorrison Ministry as theAssistant Minister to the Deputy Prime Minister.[7][8]
In the 2022 election, Hogan was returned for a fourth term. Despite the swing against the Coalition, Hogan had a 1.3% swing to him winning the seat of Page with a 10.7% margin. This was the first time Page was held by a member of the Opposition since 1987.
Hogan was appointed Shadow Minister for Trade and Tourism and Deputy Manager of Opposition Business in June 2022.
Hogan was re-elected in 2025 with a margin of 9.3% and was elected Deputy Leader of the Nationals Party at the party's2025 post-election leadership spill.[9]
| Australian House of Representatives | ||
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| Preceded by | Member forPage 2013–present | Incumbent |
| Preceded by | Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives 2018–2020 | Succeeded by |