- Member of the Australian Parliament for Menzies (11 May 1991 - 11 April 2022), Minister for Ageing (26 November 2001 - 7 October 2003), Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations (7 October 2003 - 30 January 2007), Minister for Immigration and Citizenship (30 January 2007 - 3 December 2007), Minister for Social Services (18 September 2013 - 23 December 2014), Minister for Defence (23 December 2014 - 21 September 2015), Father of the Australian House of Representatives (10 May 2016 - 11 April 2022).
- He moved to Melbourne to study law at both Monash University and the University of Melbourne.
- A devoted Catholic, Andrews opposed abortion, same-sex marriage and stem cell research.
- After six years he moved into politics, winning Menzies in a 1991 by-election, which he held for the next 31 years.
- The father of five represented the blue-ribbon seat of Menzies in Melbourne's east for three decades, holding prominent cabinet positions in the Howard and Abbott Coalition governments.
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