Women in the Queensland Legislative Assembly
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There have been 62 women in the Queensland Legislative Assembly
since its establishment in 1860. Women have had the right to vote in the Assembly since 1905 and the right to stand as candidates since 1915.
The first successful female candidate for the Legislative Assembly was Irene Longman
, who was elected as the member for Bulimba
in 1929 representing the Country and Progressive National Party
. She was defeated in 1932, and women were not represented again until 1966, when Labor
's Vi Jordan won the seat of Ipswich West
. Although Jordan was defeated in 1974, that year also saw two more women, Vicky Kippin
of the National Country Party and Rosemary Kyburz
of the Liberal Party
, enter parliament. Since then women have been continuously represented in the Assembly.
The first female minister was Yvonne Chapman
in 1986. The first non-major party woman, independent Liz Cunningham
, was elected as the member for Gladstone
in 1995. Since then, three other women, Dorothy Pratt
, Rosa Lee Long
and Elisa Roberts
, have won seats for non-major parties. All were originally elected for One Nation, although Pratt and Roberts subsequently retained their seats as independents.
Anna Bligh
was the first woman to become Premier, succeeding Peter Beattie
in 2007. In 2009 she became the first woman in Australia to win an election as Premier.
Queensland Legislative Assembly
The Queensland Legislative Assembly is the unicameral chamber of the Parliament of Queensland. Elections are held approximately once every three years. Voting is by the Optional Preferential Voting form of the Alternative Vote system...
since its establishment in 1860. Women have had the right to vote in the Assembly since 1905 and the right to stand as candidates since 1915.
The first successful female candidate for the Legislative Assembly was Irene Longman
Irene Longman
Irene Maud Longman was a female Queensland politician. She was the first woman to stand and be elected to the Queensland Parliament....
, who was elected as the member for Bulimba
Electoral district of Bulimba
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in 1929 representing the Country and Progressive National Party
Country and Progressive National Party
The Country and Progressive National Party was a short-lived conservative political party in the Australian state of Queensland.-History:It was created in 1925 as the result of a merger between the state's two conservative parties, the United Party and the Country Party, in an attempt to end...
. She was defeated in 1932, and women were not represented again until 1966, when Labor
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...
's Vi Jordan won the seat of Ipswich West
Electoral district of Ipswich West
The district of Ipswich West is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.The district takes in western parts of suburban Ipswich, as well as rural areas further west. It was first created for the 1960 election....
. Although Jordan was defeated in 1974, that year also saw two more women, Vicky Kippin
Vicky Kippin
Victoria Ann Kippin is a former Australian politician. She was a National Party member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1974 to 1980, representing the district of Mourilyan....
of the National Country Party and Rosemary Kyburz
Rosemary Kyburz
Rosemary Annette Kyburz Member of the Queensland State Parliament as the Liberal Member for Salisbury.Kyburz married fellow politician Rob Akers while in parliament, the first time sitting members had married each other...
of the Liberal Party
Liberal Party of Australia
The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...
, enter parliament. Since then women have been continuously represented in the Assembly.
The first female minister was Yvonne Chapman
Yvonne Chapman
Yvonne Ann Chapman is an Australian politician with the National Party of Australia. She was a Queensland Member of Parliament from 1983 until 1989 , and Mayor of the Shire of Pine Rivers .- Background :Chapman contested the 1994 mayoral election against sitting Shire Chairman Rob Akers and 4 others...
in 1986. The first non-major party woman, independent Liz Cunningham
Liz Cunningham
Elizabeth Anne "Liz" Cunningham is an Australian politician. She has been an independent member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 1995, representing the electorate of Gladstone...
, was elected as the member for Gladstone
Electoral district of Gladstone
The district of Gladstone is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.The current member is independent Liz Cunningham who won the seat on National Party preferences after defeating then Labor MP Neil Bennett at the 1995 election...
in 1995. Since then, three other women, Dorothy Pratt
Dorothy Pratt
Dorothy Ruth "Dolly" Pratt is an Australian politician. Born in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, she was a Justice of the Peace and coffee shop proprietor in Queensland before entering politics. She also worked at cattle sale yards. In 1998, she was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly as...
, Rosa Lee Long
Rosa Lee Long
Rosa Theresa Lee Long is a former member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly representing the electorate Tablelands in Northern Queensland, Australia for the One Nation Party...
and Elisa Roberts
Elisa Roberts
Elisa Mary Roberts is a former Australian politician. Born in Sydney, she served with the Australian Defence Force at Victoria Barracks in Paddington from 1989 to 1993, and received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of New South Wales in 1996...
, have won seats for non-major parties. All were originally elected for One Nation, although Pratt and Roberts subsequently retained their seats as independents.
Anna Bligh
Anna Bligh
Anna Maria Bligh is an Australian politician and the Premier of Queensland since 2007. The 2009 Queensland state election was the first time a female-led political party won or retained state or federal government in Australia...
was the first woman to become Premier, succeeding Peter Beattie
Peter Beattie
Peter Douglas Beattie , Australian politician, was the 36th Premier of the Australian state of Queensland for nine years and leader of the Australian Labor Party in that state for eleven and a half years...
in 2007. In 2009 she became the first woman in Australia to win an election as Premier.
List of women in the Queensland Legislative Assembly
Names in bold indicate women who have been appointed as Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries during their time in Parliament. Names in italics indicate women who were first elected at a by-election.| Name | Party | Electoral Division | Period of service |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irene Longman Irene Longman Irene Maud Longman was a female Queensland politician. She was the first woman to stand and be elected to the Queensland Parliament.... |
Progressive Nationalist Country and Progressive National Party The Country and Progressive National Party was a short-lived conservative political party in the Australian state of Queensland.-History:It was created in 1925 as the result of a merger between the state's two conservative parties, the United Party and the Country Party, in an attempt to end... |
Bulimba Electoral district of Bulimba -External links:*... |
11 May 1929 – 11 June 1932 (defeated) |
| Vi Jordan | Labor 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... |
Ipswich West Electoral district of Ipswich West The district of Ipswich West is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.The district takes in western parts of suburban Ipswich, as well as rural areas further west. It was first created for the 1960 election.... |
28 May 1966 – 7 December 1974 (defeated) |
| Vicky Kippin Vicky Kippin Victoria Ann Kippin is a former Australian politician. She was a National Party member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1974 to 1980, representing the district of Mourilyan.... |
National National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is... |
Mourilyan Electoral district of Mourilyan Mourilyan was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1950 to 1992.First created for the 1950 state election, the district was based in north Queensland, centred on the town of Mourilyan, taking in areas previously belonging to the abolished... |
7 December 1974 – 29 November 1980 (defeated) |
| Rosemary Kyburz Rosemary Kyburz Rosemary Annette Kyburz Member of the Queensland State Parliament as the Liberal Member for Salisbury.Kyburz married fellow politician Rob Akers while in parliament, the first time sitting members had married each other... |
Liberal Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office... |
Salisbury | 7 December 1974 – 22 October 1983 (defeated) |
| Beryce Nelson | Liberal Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office... /National National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is... |
Aspley Electoral district of Aspley -External links:*... |
29 November 1980 – 22 October 1983 (resigned) 1 November 1986 – 2 December 1989 (defeated) |
| Yvonne Chapman Yvonne Chapman Yvonne Ann Chapman is an Australian politician with the National Party of Australia. She was a Queensland Member of Parliament from 1983 until 1989 , and Mayor of the Shire of Pine Rivers .- Background :Chapman contested the 1994 mayoral election against sitting Shire Chairman Rob Akers and 4 others... |
National National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is... |
Pine Rivers Electoral district of Pine Rivers The district of Pine Rivers is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.It was first created for the 1972 state election, based in the Shire of Pine Rivers in the northern outskirts of Brisbane... |
22 October 1983 – 2 December 1989 (defeated) |
| Anne Warner | Labor 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... |
Kurilpa Electoral district of Kurilpa Kurilpa was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Queensland from 1912 to 1986. It was named for the Kurilpa Peninsula on the Brisbane River... South Brisbane Electoral district of South Brisbane The district of South Brisbane is an electoral district of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. The electorate encompasses suburbs in Brisbane's inner-south, stretching from East Brisbane to West End, and south to Fairfield... |
22 October 1983 – 15 July 1995 (retired) |
| Leisha Harvey Leisha Harvey Leisha Teresa Harvey is an Australian politician. She was a National Party of Australia member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1983 to 1989, representing the electorate of Greenslopes. She served as Minister for Health in the Ahern government from 1987 until her sacking in January 1989... |
National National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is... |
Greenslopes Electoral district of Greenslopes -External links:*... |
22 October 1983 – 2 December 1989 (defeated) |
| Diane McCauley | National National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is... |
Callide Electoral district of Callide The district of Callide is an electoral division in Queensland, Australia.It encompasses agricultural and mining towns in the Burnett, Callide and Dawson valleys... |
1 November 1986 – 13 June 1998 (retired) |
| Judy Gamin Judy Gamin Judith Margaret Gamin is a former Australian politician. She was a National Party member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, representing the district of South Coast from 1988 to 1989 and the district of Burleigh from 1992 to 2001.... |
National National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is... |
South Coast Electoral district of South Coast (Queensland) South Coast was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1960 to 1992.The district was based in the south-east corner of the state and included much of the Gold Coast.-Members for South Coast:... Burleigh Electoral district of Burleigh The division of Burleigh is an electoral division in the Queensland Legislative Assembly, Queensland, Australia.The division of Burleigh is located on the southern Gold Coast, centred on Burleigh Heads. It also includes parts of the Gold Coast suburbs of Miami, Mermaid Beach, Varsity Lakes and Palm... |
28 August 1988 – 2 December 1989 (defeated) 19 September 1992 – 17 February 2001 (defeated) |
| Lorraine Bird | Labor 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... |
Whitsunday Electoral district of Whitsunday The district of Whitsunday is an electoral division in the Queensland Legislative Assembly, Queensland, Australia.It encompasses the Whitsunday Islands as well as mainland centres from Bowen to the northern suburbs of Mackay, Queensland, including the tourist resort of Airlie Beach and the sugar... |
2 December 1989 – 13 June 1998 (defeated) |
| Lesley Clark Lesley Clark Lesley Ann Clark is a former Australian politician. Born in Harwich in the United Kingdom, she was a school guidance officer and lecturer in education at James Cook University in Queensland before entering politics. She sat on Mulgrave Shire Council from 1985 to 1990. In 1989, she was elected to... |
Labor 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... |
Barron River Electoral district of Barron River -External links:*... |
2 December 1989 – 15 July 1995 (defeated) 13 June 1998 – 9 September 2006 (retired) |
| Wendy Edmond Wendy Edmond Wendy Marjorie Edmond, née Wood is a former Australian politician. Born in Bundaberg, she was a nuclear medicine technologist before entering politics. She was also a member of Amnesty International and the Wildlife Preservation Society, and had served as president of the Rainsworth Branch of the... |
Labor 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... |
Mount Coot-tha Electoral district of Mount Coot-tha The district of Mount Coot-tha is an electoral district in the Queensland Legislative Assembly in the state of Queensland, Australia.The electoral district encompasses suburbs in Brisbane's inner-west, including Milton, Auchenflower, Paddington, Bardon and parts of the suburbs of Toowong and Ashgrove... |
2 December 1989 – 7 February 2004 (retired) |
| Laurel Power | Labor 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... |
Mansfield Electoral district of Mansfield The district of Mansfield 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 the suburb of Mansfield and also includes the suburbs of Burbank, Rochedale and Wishart... |
2 December 1989 – 15 July 1995 (defeated) |
| Molly Robson | Labor 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... |
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... |
2 December 1989 – 15 July 1995 (defeated) |
| Judy Spence Judy Spence Judith Caroline "Judy" Spence is an Australian politician and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for the Australian Labor Party since the 1989 election. She represented Mount Gravatt until 2009, but after a redistribution she switched to Sunnybank, which covered much of the same territory... |
Labor 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... |
Mount Gravatt Electoral district of Mount Gravatt Mount Gravatt was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1950 to 2009.The district was based in the southern suburbs of Brisbane... Sunnybank Electoral district of Sunnybank The district of Sunnybank is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.The district is based in the area of southern suburbs of Brisbane previously named as the suburb of Sunnybank before Sunnybank was broken up into smaller suburbs... |
2 December 1989 – |
| Margaret Woodgate | Labor 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... |
Pine Rivers Electoral district of Pine Rivers The district of Pine Rivers is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.It was first created for the 1972 state election, based in the Shire of Pine Rivers in the northern outskirts of Brisbane... Kurwongbah Electoral district of Kurwongbah Kurwongbah was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1992 to 2009.The district was based in the outer northern suburbs of Brisbane. Prior to its abolition, it included the suburbs of Kurwongbah, Bray Park, Eatons Hill, Samsonvale and Strathpine... |
2 December 1989 – 17 March 1997 (resigned) |
| Joan Sheldon Joan Sheldon Joan Mary Sheldon is an Australian politician. She was a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1990 to 2004, representing the electorates of Landsborough and then Caloundra... |
Liberal Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office... |
Landsborough Electoral district of Landsborough Landsborough was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1950 to 1992. The district was based on the Sunshine Coast.... Caloundra Electoral district of Caloundra The district of Caloundra is a Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral district on the Sunshine Coast in the Australian state of Queensland. The electorate is centred on the city of Caloundra and stretches north to Wurtulla, south to Pelican Waters and west to the Bruce Highway.The seat is... |
28 July 1990 – 7 February 2004 (retired) |
| Merri Rose Merri Rose Merri Rose was a minister in the Beattie government and member for Currumbin in the Queensland Parliament. -Early life:... |
Labor 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... |
Currumbin Electoral district of Currumbin The district of Currumbin is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.The district lies in the south-east corner of the state, along the New South Wales border. The district takes in southern parts of the Gold Coast and much of its hinterland... |
19 September 1992 – 7 February 2004 (defeated) |
| Fiona Simpson Fiona Simpson Fiona Stuart Simpson is an Australian politician. She is currently a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland and was the Deputy Leader of the Queensland National Party from 2006 to 2008 and Deputy Leader of the Opposition... |
National National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is... /Liberal National |
Maroochydore Electoral district of Maroochydore The electoral district of Maroochydore is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.It covers parts of the Sunshine Coast and takes in coastal areas between Coolum Beach and Mooloolaba, including Maroochydore.... |
19 September 1992 – |
| Anna Bligh Anna Bligh Anna Maria Bligh is an Australian politician and the Premier of Queensland since 2007. The 2009 Queensland state election was the first time a female-led political party won or retained state or federal government in Australia... |
Labor 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... |
South Brisbane Electoral district of South Brisbane The district of South Brisbane is an electoral district of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. The electorate encompasses suburbs in Brisbane's inner-south, stretching from East Brisbane to West End, and south to Fairfield... |
15 July 1995 – |
| Liz Cunningham Liz Cunningham Elizabeth Anne "Liz" Cunningham is an Australian politician. She has been an independent member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 1995, representing the electorate of Gladstone... |
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Gladstone Electoral district of Gladstone The district of Gladstone is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.The current member is independent Liz Cunningham who won the seat on National Party preferences after defeating then Labor MP Neil Bennett at the 1995 election... |
15 July 1995 – |
| Lyn Warwick | Liberal Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office... |
Barron River Electoral district of Barron River -External links:*... |
15 July 1995 – 13 June 1998 (defeated) |
| Naomi Wilson Naomi Wilson Naomi Kate Wynn Wilson is a former Australian politician. She was a National Party member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1995 to 1998, representing the district of Mulgrave.... |
National National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is... |
Mulgrave Electoral district of Mulgrave (Queensland) The district of Mulgrave is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.The district in its present form is a narrow coastal strip running from the southern suburbs of Cairns at its northern end to Innisfail at its southern end. Mulgrave also includes the... |
15 July 1995 – 13 June 1998 (defeated) |
| Linda Lavarch Linda Lavarch Linda Denise Lavarch is an Australian politician and solicitor. She was a Labor Party member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1997 to 2009, representing the district of Kurwongbah.... |
Labor 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... |
Kurwongbah Electoral district of Kurwongbah Kurwongbah was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1992 to 2009.The district was based in the outer northern suburbs of Brisbane. Prior to its abolition, it included the suburbs of Kurwongbah, Bray Park, Eatons Hill, Samsonvale and Strathpine... |
24 May 1997 – 20 March 2009 (retired) |
| Julie Attwood Julie Attwood Julie Maree Attwood is an Australian Labor Party Member of the Queensland Parliament for the seat of Mount Ommaney. Elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly in 1998, she was appointed as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Child Safety on 21 September 2006.Attwood obtained a... |
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Mount Ommaney Electoral district of Mount Ommaney The district of Mount Ommaney is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created with the 1992 redistribution.... |
13 June 1998 – |
| Desley Boyle Desley Boyle Desley Carole Boyle is an Australian Labor Party politician. Boyle represents the electoral district of Cairns, Queensland in the Queensland Legislative Assembly and was elected in the 1998 State election-Career:... |
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Cairns Electoral district of Cairns The electoral district of Cairns is an electoral district in the Queensland Legislative Assembly in the state of Queensland, Australia.The division encompasses the central business district and inner-suburbs of Cairns, in Far North Queensland... |
13 June 1998 – |
| Nita Cunningham Nita Cunningham Julia Irene Cunningham is a former member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. She was first elected in 1998 as the member for Bundaberg... |
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Bundaberg Electoral district of Bundaberg The division of Bundaberg is an electoral district of the Queensland Legislative Assembly in central Queensland, Australia.It covers the city of Bundaberg, as well as the immediate surrounding area, hence its name.... |
13 June 1998 – 14 August 2006 (retired) |
| Lindy Nelson-Carr Lindy Nelson-Carr Lindel Helena "Lindy" Nelson-Carr , an Australian Politician, has been the Queensland Government Minister for Communities, Disability Services, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Partnerships, Multicultural Affairs, Seniors and Youth since September 2007 and has been the State Member for... |
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Mundingburra Electoral district of Mundingburra The district of Mundingburra is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.- Overview :The seat is one of four within the Townsville urban area in North Queensland. Significant utilities within the Mundingburra electorate are the Townsville Hospital,... |
13 June 1998 – |
| Dorothy Pratt Dorothy Pratt Dorothy Ruth "Dolly" Pratt is an Australian politician. Born in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, she was a Justice of the Peace and coffee shop proprietor in Queensland before entering politics. She also worked at cattle sale yards. In 1998, she was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly as... |
One Nation/Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... |
Barambah Electoral district of Barambah Barambah was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1950 to 2001.The district was based in the South Burnett region. It is best known for being the seat of long-serving Premier, Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen.... Nanango Electoral district of Nanango The district of Nanango is an electoral division in the state of Queensland, Australia.Nanango was the original seat of Sir Joh-Bjelke Petersen . In the 2006 legislative election, incumbent member Dorothy Pratt beat off a strong challenge by the late Bjelke-Petersen's son John to retain the seat... |
13 June 1998 – |
| Karen Struthers Karen Struthers Karen Struthers is an Australian politician. She represents the electoral district of Algester in the Queensland Legislative Assembly, having held the seat since its inception at the 2001 state election. She first entered parliament after the 1998 election, winning the seat of Archerfield... |
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Archerfield Electoral district of Archerfield Archerfield was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1972 to 2001.The district was based in the south-western suburbs of Brisbane and named for the suburb of Archerfield.-Members for Archerfield:... Algester Electoral district of Algester The division of Algester is an electoral division in the Queensland Legislative Assembly in the state of Queensland, Australia. This electorate was created at the 1999 redistribution from the former electorate of Archerfield, and was contested for the first time at the 2001 state election.It is... |
13 June 1998 – |
| Jo-Ann Miller Jo-Ann Miller Jo-Ann Roslyn Miller is an Australian politician. She was parliamentary secretary from 2001 to 2006 but then stood down to the back bench... |
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Bundamba Electoral district of Bundamba The Electorate of Bundamba is a Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral division in the state of Queensland, Australia.The electorate encompasses suburbs in the east and south-east of the City of Ipswich local government area... |
5 February 2000 – |
| Bonny Barry Bonny Barry Veronica Lesley "Bonny" Barry is an Australian politician. She was a Labor member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2009, representing the district of Aspley.... |
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Aspley Electoral district of Aspley -External links:*... |
17 February 2001 – 20 March 2009 (defeated) |
| Liddy Clark Liddy Clark Elizabeth Anne Clark is an Australian actor and former Australian Labor Party politician.-Acting career:... |
Labor 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... |
Clayfield Electoral district of Clayfield The district of Clayfield is an electoral division of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. It is centred around the inner northern suburb of Clayfield in the state capital of Brisbane.... |
17 February 2001 – 9 September 2006 (defeated) |
| Peta-Kaye Croft Peta-Kaye Croft Peta-Kaye Croft is an Australian politician.In 2001 she was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly in the seat of Broadwater for the Labor Party. She was born in Mount Isa and lived in Townsville and Brisbane during her early years... |
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Broadwater Electoral district of Broadwater The district of Broadwater is an electoral division in the state of Queensland, Australia. It was created at the 1991 redistribution.The electorate is based on the northern end of the Gold Coast... |
17 February 2001 – |
| Jan Jarratt Jan Jarratt Janice Heather "Jan" Jarratt is an Australian politician. She was a teacher specialising in children with learning difficulties before entering parliament. A member of the Australian Labor Party, she was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly for the seat of Whitsunday in 2001... |
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Whitsunday Electoral district of Whitsunday The district of Whitsunday is an electoral division in the Queensland Legislative Assembly, Queensland, Australia.It encompasses the Whitsunday Islands as well as mainland centres from Bowen to the northern suburbs of Mackay, Queensland, including the tourist resort of Airlie Beach and the sugar... |
17 February 2001 – |
| Margaret Keech Margaret Keech Margaret Majella Keech is an Australian politician and is a member of for the Labor Party.In 2001 she was the first woman elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for the seat of Albert and is currently the Government Whip... |
Labor 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... |
Albert Electoral district of Albert The electoral district of Albert is a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Queensland. Albert is named for the Albert River, which runs through the electorate and separates Logan City from Gold Coast City... |
17 February 2001 – |
| Rosa Lee Long Rosa Lee Long Rosa Theresa Lee Long is a former member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly representing the electorate Tablelands in Northern Queensland, Australia for the One Nation Party... |
One Nation | Tablelands Electoral district of Tablelands Tablelands was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.Prior to its abolition, it encompassed towns on the Atherton Tablelands west of Cairns, including Mareeba, Atherton, Ravenshoe, Chillagoe and Mount Molloy. The seat was won by the One Nation Party... |
17 February 2001 – 20 March 2009 (defeated) |
| Carolyn Male Carolyn Male Carolyn Therese Male is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2001.Male was first elected to parliament as the Labor member for Glass House at the 2001 state election... |
Labor 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... |
Glass House Electoral district of Glass House The district of Glass House is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.The electorate is based mostly on the hinterland areas of the Sunshine Coast and north of Caboolture, it stretches north to Witta, south to the northern outskirts of Caboolture and... Pine Rivers Electoral district of Pine Rivers The district of Pine Rivers is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.It was first created for the 1972 state election, based in the Shire of Pine Rivers in the northern outskirts of Brisbane... |
17 February 2001 – |
| Cate Molloy Cate Molloy Cathryn Molloy is an Australian politician. She was a Labor and independent member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2006, representing the district of Noosa.... |
Labor 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... /Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... |
Noosa Electoral district of Noosa The district of Noosa is a Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral district on the Sunshine Coast in the Australian state of Queensland. The electorate is centred on Noosa and stretches northwest to the southern border of Gympie, south to Peregian Springs and west to Eumundi.The seat is currently... |
17 February 2001 – 9 September 2006 (defeated) |
| Rachel Nolan Rachel Nolan Rachel Genevieve Nolan is an Australian politician. She was elected as the state member for Ipswich on 17 February 2001. At the time she was Queensland's youngest ever female MP.... |
Labor 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... |
Ipswich Electoral district of Ipswich The district of Ipswich is a Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral district on the Brisbane River, west of Brisbane in the Australian state of Queensland... |
17 February 2001 – |
| Anita Phillips Anita Phillips Anita Frances Phillips is a former Australian politician. She studied at the University of Melbourne, receiving a Diploma of Social Studies in 1968 and a Bachelor of Arts in 1976. In 1969, she moved to Townsville in Queensland and became a social worker... |
Labor 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... |
Thuringowa Electoral district of Thuringowa The district of Thuringowa is an electorate in the Legislative Assembly of the state of Queensland, Australia.The division encompasses suburbs of the former City of Thuringowa on the western edge of Townsville in North Queensland, stretching from Deeragun in the north to Kelso in the south... |
17 February 2001 – 7 February 2004 (retired) |
| Dianne Reilly Dianne Reilly Dianne Ann Reilly is an Australian politician. She was a Labor member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2009, representing the district of Mudgeeraba.... |
Labor 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... |
Mudgeeraba Electoral district of Mudgeeraba The district of Mudgeeraba is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. Based on the Gold Coast, the district has been held by both sides of politics over the course of its short history.... |
17 February 2001 – 20 March 2009 (defeated) |
| Elisa Roberts Elisa Roberts Elisa Mary Roberts is a former Australian politician. Born in Sydney, she served with the Australian Defence Force at Victoria Barracks in Paddington from 1989 to 1993, and received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of New South Wales in 1996... |
One Nation/Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... |
Gympie Electoral district of Gympie The district of Gympie is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland The electorate is centred on the city of Gympie and stretches north to Rainbow Beach and as far south to Pomona.... |
17 February 2001 – 9 September 2006 (defeated) |
| Christine Scott Christine Scott Christine Margaret Scott is a former Australian politician. She was a Labor member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2004, representing the seat of Charters Towers.... |
Labor 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... |
Charters Towers Electoral district of Charters Towers Charters Towers was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It has had three incarnations, most recently being created as part of a redistribution in 1991 and lasting until 2008.... |
17 February 2001 – 7 February 2004 (defeated) |
| Desley Scott Desley Scott Desley Carleton Scott is an Australian Labor Party politician and member for Woodridge in the Parliament of Queensland.... |
Labor 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... |
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... |
17 February 2001 – |
| Christine Smith Christine Smith (politician) Christine Anne Smith, MP is an Australian politician. She represents the electoral district of Burleigh in the Queensland Legislative Assembly, and was first elected at the 2001 State election for the first Australian Labor Party.... |
Labor 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... |
Burleigh Electoral district of Burleigh The division of Burleigh is an electoral division in the Queensland Legislative Assembly, Queensland, Australia.The division of Burleigh is located on the southern Gold Coast, centred on Burleigh Heads. It also includes parts of the Gold Coast suburbs of Miami, Mermaid Beach, Varsity Lakes and Palm... |
17 February 2001 – |
| Barbara Stone Barbara Stone Barbara Gwendoline Stone is an Australian politician. She is a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Springwood and a member of the Australian Labor Party.-Biography:... |
Labor 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... |
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... |
17 February 2001 – |
| Carryn Sullivan Carryn Sullivan Carryn Elizabeth Sullivan is an Australian politician. Born at Millmerran, she achieved a Bachelor of Education and a diploma in primary school teaching. She was a Caboolture Shire Councillor from 1991 until she retired in 1994, and was secretary of the Bribie Island branch of the Australian Labor... |
Labor 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... |
Pumicestone Electoral district of Pumicestone The district of Pumicestone is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.The district was first created for the 2001 state election. Located in the corridor between Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast, it includes the urbanised areas of Bribie Island, as... |
17 February 2001 – |
| Rosemary Menkens Rosemary Menkens Rosemary Norma Menkens is an Australian politician. She represents the electoral district of Burdekin in the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Originally elected in 2004 for the National Party, she joined the Liberal National Party in 2008. She is currently performing the role of Shadow... |
National National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is... /Liberal National |
Burdekin Electoral district of Burdekin Burdekin is an electoral district in the Queensland Legislative Assembly in the state of Queensland, Australia. Centred on the Ayr–Home Hill region, the electorate also includes some of Townsville's southern suburbs as well as the coal-mining town of Collinsville... |
7 February 2004 – |
| Jann Stuckey Jann Stuckey Janet Anne "Jann" Stuckey is an Australian politician representing the division of Currumbin in the Queensland Legislative Assembly. She was first elected on 7 February 2004 as a member of the Liberal Party... |
Liberal Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office... /Liberal National |
Currumbin Electoral district of Currumbin The district of Currumbin is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.The district lies in the south-east corner of the state, along the New South Wales border. The district takes in southern parts of the Gold Coast and much of its hinterland... |
7 February 2004 – |
| Vicky Darling Vicky Darling Vicky Elizabeth Darling is a Labor politician elected to the Queensland State Parliament in September 2006 as the member for the safe seat of Sandgate.... |
Labor 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... |
Sandgate Electoral district of Sandgate The district of Sandgate is an electoral division in the state of Queensland, Australia.It is located in the northern suburbs of Brisbane, covering Sandgate, Shorncliffe, Deagon, Brighton, Bracken Ridge, Fitzgibbon, and Taigum... |
9 September 2006 – |
| Kate Jones Kate Jones Kate Jennifer Jones is an Australian politician and Queensland Government minister. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party and was elected in the seat of State Electorate of Ashgrove in the Queensland Legislative Assembly in 2006 which was previously held by former Speaker of the Queensland... |
Labor 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... |
Ashgrove Electoral district of Ashgrove The division of Ashgrove is a Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral division in the state of Queensland, Australia.It is located in the northern suburbs of Brisbane, encompassing Alderley, Ashgrove, Enoggera, The Gap, and Newmarket... |
9 September 2006 – |
| Betty Kiernan Betty Kiernan Betty Margaret Kiernan is an Australian politician. Born in Mount Isa, Queensland, she was an electorate officer and corporate manager before entering politics, and had served on Cloncurry Shire Council from 1981 to 1990. A member of the Australian Labor Party, she was elected to the Queensland... |
Labor 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... |
Mount Isa Electoral district of Mount Isa The district of Mount Isa is an electoral district in the Queensland Legislative Assembly in the state of Queensland, Australia.It is located in the west of the State and covers an area of 570,502 sq kilometres... |
9 September 2006 – |
| Annastacia Palaszczuk Annastacia Palaszczuk Annastacia Palaszczuk, born 25 July 1969, is an Australian politician. She has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly since September 2006, representing the electorate of Inala.... |
Labor 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... |
Inala Electoral district of Inala The district of Inala is an electoral division in the Queensland Legislative Assembly in the state of Queensland, Australia. This electorate was created at the 1999 redistribution from the former electorate of Archerfield.... |
9 September 2006 – |
| Lillian van Litsenburg Lillian van Litsenburg Elisabeth Cornelia Maria "Lillian" van Litsenburg is an Australian Labor Politician in the Queensland State Parliament representing the Electoral district of Redcliffe.... |
Labor 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... |
Redcliffe Electoral district of Redcliffe The district of Redcliffe is a Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral division in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.The division encompasses suburbs to the north and northeast of Brisbane, including Redcliffe, Woody Point, Scarborough, Clontarf and Margate, as well as parts of Kippa-Ring... |
9 September 2006 – |
| Grace Grace Grace Grace Ignazia Graziella Grace, usually known as Grace Grace is an Australian politician, representing the electoral district of Brisbane Central in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since the October 2007 by-election... |
Labor 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... |
Brisbane Central Electoral district of Brisbane Central The district of Brisbane Central is an electoral division in the state of Queensland, Australia.As its name suggests, the electorate covers the central portion of Brisbane. It includes the Brisbane central business district as well as the inner suburbs of Bowen Hills, Fortitude Valley, Herston,... |
13 October 2007 – |
| Ros Bates Ros Bates Rosslyn Mary Bates is an Australian politician. She has been a Liberal National Party member of the Parliament of Queensland since March 2009, representing the electorate of Mudgeeraba.-Member for Mudgeeraba:... |
Liberal National | Mudgeeraba Electoral district of Mudgeeraba The district of Mudgeeraba is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. Based on the Gold Coast, the district has been held by both sides of politics over the course of its short history.... |
21 March 2009 – |
| Tracy Davis Tracy Davis Tracy Ellen Davis is an Australian politician. She has been a Liberal National Party member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2009, representing the district of Aspley.... |
Liberal National | Aspley Electoral district of Aspley -External links:*... |
21 March 2009 – |
| Di Farmer Di Farmer Dianne Elizabeth "Di" Farmer is an Australian politician. She was first elected for the seat of Bulimba to the Queensland State Parliament for the Australian Labor Party at the 2009 Queensland election.... |
Labor 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... |
Bulimba Electoral district of Bulimba -External links:*... |
21 March 2009 – |
| Mandy Johnstone Mandy Johnstone Amanda Ann "Mandy" Johnstone is an Australian politician. She has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2009, representing Townsville. Mandy Johnstone is also the first female politician elected to the seat of Townsville. -References:... |
Labor 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... |
Townsville Electoral district of Townsville The district of Townsville is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. The seat is one of four within the Townsville urban area in North Queensland, and covers the Eastern and Northern suburbs of the City of Townsville as well as Magnetic Island and... |
21 March 2009 – |
| Mary-Anne O'Neill Mary-Anne O'Neill Mary-Anne O'Neill is an Australian politician. She has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly since March 2009.... |
Labor 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... |
Kallangur Electoral district of Kallangur The district of Kallangur is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.The district is based in the outer northern suburbs of Brisbane. It is named for the suburb of Kallangur and also includes the suburbs of Dakabin, Kurwongbah, Murrumba Downs, Petrie... |
21 March 2009 – |