The former prime minister, Scott Morrison, has announced that he will retire from parliament at the end of February.
Morrison made the announcement in a statement posted on Facebook. He said he would “take on new challenges in the global corporate sector and spend more time with my family.”
Morrison’s Facebook post today
The 1041st member of the House of Representatives, Morrison entered parliament as the member for Cook at the 2007 election, his arrival coinciding with the defeat of the Howard government. He was re-elected in 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 and 2022. The precise date of his resignation is not known but he will have served for 16 years and 3 months.