Anthony Lynham | |
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Minister for Energy of Queensland | |
In office 12 December 2017 –31 October 2020 | |
Premier | Annastacia Palaszczuk |
Preceded by | Mark Bailey |
Succeeded by | Mick de Brenni |
Minister for Natural Resources and Mines of Queensland | |
In office 16 February 2015 –31 October 2020 | |
Premier | Annastacia Palaszczuk |
Preceded by | Andrew Cripps |
Succeeded by | Scott Stewart |
Minister for State Development of Queensland | |
In office 16 February 2015 –12 December 2017 | |
Premier | Annastacia Palaszczuk |
Preceded by | Jeff Seeney |
Succeeded by | Cameron Dick |
Shadow Minister for Primary Industries and Fisheries | |
In office 5 August 2014 –16 February 2015 | |
Leader | Annastacia Palaszczuk |
Preceded by | Tim Mulherin |
Succeeded by | Deb Frecklington |
Shadow Minister for Education,Science,IT and Innovation | |
In office 5 August 2014 –16 February 2015 | |
Leader | Annastacia Palaszczuk |
Preceded by | Yvette D'Ath |
Succeeded by | Tim Mander (Education) John McVeigh (Science,IT and Innovation) |
Member of the Queensland Parliament for Stafford | |
In office 19 July 2014 –31 October 2020 | |
Preceded by | Chris Davis |
Succeeded by | Jimmy Sullivan |
Personal details | |
Born | Anthony Joseph Lynham 12 April 1960 Brisbane,Queensland,Australia |
Political party | Labor |
Alma mater | University of Queensland University of Newcastle |
Profession | Oral and maxillofacial surgeon |
Anthony Joseph Lynham (born 12 April 1960) is an Australian politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland representing the electoral district of Stafford from 2014 to 2020. He was the Queensland Minister for Natural Resources,Mines and Energy. Lynham was an oral and maxillofacial surgeon.
Lynham is a former maxillofacial surgeon who was a consultant surgeon at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital. He also was a member of the hospital trauma team. He graduated in dentistry from University of Queensland and medicine from Newcastle University. He holds a surgical fellowship from the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh in the general stream. Further training was completed in Switzerland. One of his roles was the training of maxillofacial surgeons both at the college and hospital level. He is an active researcher and has published regularly. He is an associate professor at the University of Queensland and an adjunct professor at the Queensland University of Technology.
Lynham was first elected on 19 July 2014 at the Stafford by-election,which resulted from the resignation of former member Chris Davis,defeating the Liberal National candidate Bob Andersen with a 62 percent two-party vote from a 19-point two-party-preferred swing. [1] Lynham then entered the Shadow Cabinet. [2]
On 16 February 2015,he was sworn in as Minister for State Development and Minister for Natural Resources and Mines in the Palaszczuk Ministry. [3]
On 10 September 2020,Lynham announced he would retire from the Queensland Parliament and not contest the seat of Stafford in the 2020 election. [4]
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