| Andrew Willcox | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
| Constituency Mp: | Dawson |
| Parliament: | Australian |
| Term Start: | 21 May 2022 |
| Predecessor: | George Christensen |
| Office1: | 3rd Mayor of Whitsunday Regional Council |
| Term Start1: | 4 April 2016 |
| Term End1: | June 2022 |
| Birth Name: | Andrew Willcox |
| Birth Date: | 1969 1, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Bowen, Queensland, Australia |
| Party: | Liberal National |
| Residence: | Bowen, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Politician, tomato farmer |
| Website: | https://www.andrewwillcox.com.au/ |
Andrew Willcox (born 29 January 1969) is an Australian politician and former mayor who is a member of the House of Representatives since 2022, representing the division of Dawson.[1] He is a member of the Liberal National Party and sits with the National Party in federal parliament.[1] [2]
Willcox was born and grew up in Bowen, Queensland, as a third-generation tomato farmer.[3] [4]
Willcox elected on to the Whitsunday Regional Council as a Division 6 councillor in 2012.[3] He was subsequently elected as the mayor of the Whitsunday Regional Council in 2016, and was re-elected to the same position in April 2020.[5] [6] [7]
In August 2021, Willcox was selected as a Liberal National Party candidate for the division of Dawson.[8] In April 2022, he took leave from his mayoralty role to contest the 2022 federal election.[9] He was elected at the federal election on 21 May and subsequently resigned as Mayor officially in June.[1] [10]