Desley Scott
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Desley Carleton Scott is an Australia
n Labor Party
politician and member for Woodridge
in the Parliament of Queensland
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Scott was elected to parliament at the 2001 state election, after working as an electoral officer for 16 years. She also holds a Dental Nurse Certificate.
Scott is married with three sons, a granddaughter and a grandson.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n Labor Party
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...
politician and member for Woodridge
Electoral district of Woodridge
The district of Woodridge is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.The district is based in the southern suburbs of Brisbane. It is named for the suburb of Woodridge and also takes in the suburbs of Crestmead, Kingston, Logan Central, Marsden and...
in the Parliament of Queensland
Parliament of Queensland
The Parliament of Queensland is the legislature of Queensland, Australia. According to the state's constitution, the Parliament consists of the Queen and the Legislative Assembly. It is the only unicameral state parliament in the country, the upper chamber, the Legislative Council, having been...
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Scott was elected to parliament at the 2001 state election, after working as an electoral officer for 16 years. She also holds a Dental Nurse Certificate.
Scott is married with three sons, a granddaughter and a grandson.
External links
- Official Biography
- "Desley Scott: a pollie for good" by Faith Williams. Signs of the TimesSigns of the Times (Australia)Signs of the Times is a monthly subscription magazine published by Signs Publishing Company, a Seventh-day Adventist publishing house, for Australia and New Zealand...
(Australian version) 120:8 (August 2005), p7–9