{{Short description|Australian politician}} {{Other people|Michael Veitch}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = The Honourable | name = Mick Veitch | honorific_suffix = | image = Mick Veitch at lecturn.jpg | caption = | office = Member of New South Wales Legislative Council | term_start = 24 March 2007 | term_end = 3 March 2023
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| office2 = Shadow Minister for Western New South Wales | leader2 = Luke Foley<br />Michael Daley<br />Jodi McKay<br />Chris Minns | term_start2 = 9 April 2015 | term_end2 = 28 March 2023 | predecessor2 = | successor2 = Sarah Mitchell
| office3 = Shadow Minister for Regional New South Wales | leader3 = Chris Minns | term_start3 = 12 June 2021 | term_end3 = 28 March 2023 | predecessor3 = ''Himself'' <small>(as Shadow Minister for Regional New South Wales)</small> | successor3 = Dugald Saunders
| office4 = Shadow Minister for Agriculture | leader4 = Chris Minns | term_start4 = 12 June 2021 | term_end4 = 28 March 2023 | predecessor4 = Jenny Aitchison <small>(as Shadow Minister for Primary Industries)</small> | successor4 = Dugald Saunders
| office5 = Shadow Minister for Rural Affairs | leader5 = Michael Daley<br />Jodi McKay | term_start5 = 27 November 2018 | term_end5 = 11 June 2021 | predecessor5 = ''Himself'' <small>(as Shadow Minister for Regional and Rural Affairs)</small> | successor5 = ''Himself'' <small>(as Shadow Minister for Regional New South Wales)</small>
| office6 = Shadow Minister for Industry and Trade | leader6 = Jodi McKay | term_start6 = 3 July 2019 | term_end6 = 11 June 2021 | predecessor6 = | successor6 = Anoulack Chanthivong
| office7 = Shadow Minister for Rural Roads | leader7 = Jodi McKay | term_start7 = 3 July 2019 | term_end7 = 11 June 2021 | predecessor7 = | successor7 = Jenny Aitchison
| office8 = Shadow Minister for Primary Industries | leader8 = Luke Foley<br />Michael Daley | term_start8 = 9 April 2015 | term_end8 = 3 July 2019 | predecessor8 = | successor8 =
| office9 = Shadow Minister for Lands | leader9 = Luke Foley<br />Michael Daley | term_start9 = 10 March 2016 | term_end9 = 3 July 2019 | predecessor9 = Himself <small>(as Minister for Lands and Water)</small> | successor9 =
| office10 = Shadow Minister for Lands and Water | leader10 = Luke Foley | term_start10 = 9 April 2015 | term_end10 = 10 March 2016 | predecessor10 = | successor10 = ''Himself'' <small>(as Shadow Minister for Lands)</small><br />Chris Minns <small>(as Shadow Minister for Water)</small> {{collapsed infobox section end}} }} | office12 = Member of the Young Shire Council | term_start12 = 1995 | term_end12 = 2007 | predecessor12 = | successor12 = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1962|12|19}} | birth_place = Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia | death_date = | death_place = | party = {{plainlist| * Labor * Independent{{efn|When elected to Council, Veitch stood as an Independent.}} }} | spouse = | children = 4 | education = {{plainlist| * Adelong Central School * Tumut High School }} | occupation = Politician | website = }}
'''Michael Stanley Veitch''' (born 19 December 1962) is an Australian politician who served as a Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council. Veitch was a member of the council from 2007 to 2023.<ref>{{cite NSW Parliament |id=44 |name=The Hon. (Mick) Michael Stanley VEITCH, MLC |former=Yes |access-date=3 April 2019}}</ref>
==Early life== Veitch was born at Gundagai, New South Wales to parents Bob and Val. He is the oldest of five children. He attended Adelong Central School in his primary school years. His secondary studies were undertaken at Tumut High School.
==Early career== Leaving high school, he worked as a shearer, a train station assistant and a disability worker. He finished his railway career as an Assistant Station Master at Rydalmere and Toongabbie train stations. He completed further studies at TAFE. He became the Executive Officer of the Wiradjuri Country Community Group Limited and then the General Manager (Growth and Strategy) of Job Centre Australia Limited.
==Political career== He joined the Labor Party in March 1989<ref name=veitch>{{cite web |url=http://www.nswalp.com/labor-people/4/156/mick-veitch-mlc |title=Mick Veitch MLC |accessdate=25 October 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100520044522/http://www.nswalp.com/labor-people/4/156/mick-veitch-mlc |archivedate=20 May 2010 }}</ref> He became the Secretary of the Young Branch of the Labor Party. He has been a delegate to the NSW ALP State Conference and the National Conference.
He was elected as an independent shire councillor for Young Shire Council in September 1995.<ref name=veitch/> He was re-elected in 1999 and 2004.<ref name=veitch/>
In 1998, he ran as the Labor Party candidate for the federal seat of Hume (a Liberal/National coalition safe seat). He was unsuccessful in that campaign, losing to Liberal Party candidate Alby Schultz.
Veitch was deputy chair of the nine-member Southern Area Health Board for New South Wales.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23706679-5001021,00.html |title=Upper House MP Michael Veitch approved |website=Daily Telegraph |date=16 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080617105351/http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23706679-5001021,00.html |archive-date=17 June 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/16/2247027.htm |title=Meagher defends disgraced doctor reference check claims |website=ABC News |date=16 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080520062812/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/16/2247027.htm |archive-date=20 May 2008}}</ref>
Veitch was elected on 24 March 2007 to the New South Wales Legislative Council with the 19th-highest quota at that election. He was a member of the Socialist Left faction of Labor.<ref>{{cite web |title=State Representatives |url=https://www.nswlaborleft.com/state-mps |website=NSW Left |publisher=NSW Left |access-date=17 February 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250613193539/https://www.nswlaborleft.com/state-mps |archive-date=13 June 2025 |language=en}}</ref> He served as Deputy Government Whip, Parliamentary Secretary for Primary Industries and on numerous Legislative Council Committees. He served on the Opposition front bench from 2011 holding responsibility for Trade and Investment, Regional Infrastructure and Services and Regional and Rural Affairs. He is subsequently served as Shadow Minister for Primary Industries, Lands and Western NSW.
At the 2022 NSW Labor Conference, he was not endorsed for a winnable seat at the 2023 state election, securing the ninth position on the ticket. He was not elected.
==Personal life== He is divorced and has four children, and six grandchildren. He and his former wife were foster parents.
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