Amanda Camm | |
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Member of the Queensland Parliament for Whitsunday | |
Assumed office 31 October 2020 | |
Preceded by | Jason Costigan |
Personal details | |
Born | Amanda Jane Camm 18 April 1979 |
Nationality | Australian |
Political party | Liberal National (since 2016) |
Relations | Ron Camm,great-uncle |
Amanda Jane Camm (born 18 April 1979) is a member of the Parliament of Queensland representing the Liberal Nationals. [1]
She first stood for the seat of Whitsunday as a member of Katter's Australian Party in the 2012 Queensland State election. [2]
Camm was elected deputy mayor of the Mackay Regional Council in April 2016. [3] She was a candidate for the Australian Senate in May 2019 but,being placed fifth on the LNP ticket,was not elected. [4]
At the 2020 Queensland state election Camm defeated Jason Costigan in the seat of Whitsunday. [5]
Her great-uncle was Ron Camm, [6] a grazier who held the seat of Whitsunday for the National Country Party from 1961 to 1980. [7]
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