Politicians with formal religious ties

A number of Australian politicians have either been ordained ministers before their careers or went into it after parliament.

CHURCH AND STATE

* NSW MP the Reverend Fred Nile (Congregational minister)

* Former Queensland government minister Pat Comben (Anglican deacon)

* Former South Australian Labor premier Lynn Arnold (Anglican priest)

* Former SA Family First MP Andrew Evans (Pentecostal Christian pastor)

* Former federal Labor minister Brian Howe (Methodist and Uniting Church minister)

* Former NSW MP Gordon Moyes (Churches of Christ minister)