Kerry Arthur Hickey: Born 6 April 1960.
Career: Metal fabricator before 1982; Milk vendor; Councillor of the City of Cessnock from 1981; Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Cessnock from 1999 to 2011 for the Labor Party; Minister for Mineral Resources from 2003 to 2005; Minister for Local Government from 2005 to 2007.