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Bruce Billson

PEP · Politician

Bruce Billson is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Bruce Billson · بروس بيلسون · 布魯斯·比爾森				[sources]
Alias	Billson, Bruce · Bruce Frederick Billson · Bruce Fredrick Billson · 布魯斯·比爾森				[sources]
Birth date	1966-01-26				[sources]
Place of birth	Albury				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Australia				[sources]
Citizenship	Australia				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Bruce				[sources]
Last name	Billson				[sources]
Political association	Liberal Party of Australia				[sources]
Website	www.brucebillson.com.au · facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q4977155				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	enwiki.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	House of Representatives (member, 2004-2007) · House of Representatives (member, 2007-2010) · House of Representatives (member, 2010-2013) · House of Representatives (member, 2013-2016) · Minister for Small Business (Australia) (2013-2015) · 2 more...				[sources]
Education	Monterey Secondary College · RMIT University				[sources]
Last change	2026-03-16	Last processed	2026-03-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Australian politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

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Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,558

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,548

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,763

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions499,639

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata327,373

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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