Luke Woolmer is an Australia

Australia

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n politician. He was a Liberal Party of Australia

Liberal Party of Australia

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 member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly

Queensland Legislative Assembly

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 from 1995 to 1998, representing the electorate of Springwood

Electoral district of Springwood

The district of Springwood is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.The district is based in the south-eastern suburbs of Brisbane. It is named for suburb of Springwood and also includes the suburbs of Daisy Hill, Loganholme, Rochedale South and...

.

Prior to 1995 Springwood was held by Molly Robson of the Australian Labor Party

Australian Labor Party

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, who held the seat in the 1993 election with a majority of 10%. Woolmer, who worked in the Information Technology

Information technology

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 sector prior to running for parliament, entered the election on the tail of the so-called "koala tollway" controversy, in which the Labor government had planned to build a tollway through a koala

Koala

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 sanctuary. Woolmer won the election by 18.5%, having received a swing of 19.4% on the back of the preferences from the minor parties.

While in parliament Woolmer served as an undersecretary

Undersecretary

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 with a focus on IT issues. He helped to establish the government's Ministerial Council for IT & T, and he had hoped to become the state's first IT minister after the 1998 election. This, however, was not to be, as a swing back to Labor saw Woolmer lose his seat to Labor's Grant Musgrove

Grant Musgrove

Grant Steven Musgrove is a former Australian politician. He was the member for Springwood in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1998 to 2001, representing the Australian Labor Party....

 by a narrow margin.

After his 1998 loss, Woolmer ran unsuccessfully for pre-selection in the Federal

Government of Australia

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 seat of McPherson

Division of McPherson

The Division of McPherson is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was created in 1948 and is named for the McPherson Range, which forms one of the divisional boundaries...

, before returning to work in the IT sector.