FILE PHOTO - Matt Canavan (TOP), Australia's Minister for Resources and Northern Australia, smiles as he stands behind Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, the Australian Governor General Peter Cosgrove and other members of the ministry as they pose for an official photograph after a swearing in ceremony for the federal government in Canberra, Australia July 19, 2016. REUTERS/David Gray/File Photo
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Powerful Australian minister Matthew Canavan on Tuesday became the third politician forced to step aside over a question of dual citizenship, saying he was unaware his mother had taken out Italian citizenship for him when he was 25.
Australian politicians are not eligible to be elected to parliament if they hold dual or plural citizenship.
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