Barbara Stone | |
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Member for Springwood | |
In office 17 February 2001 –24 March 2012 | |
Preceded by | Grant Musgrove |
Succeeded by | John Grant |
Personal details | |
Born | Brisbane,Queensland,Australia | 28 January 1962
Political party | Labor |
Occupation | Australia Post,Electorate Officer |
Barbara Gwendoline Stone (born 28 January 1962) is an Australian politician. She was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Springwood and is a member of the Labor Party.
Stone graduated with an Associate Diploma in Business Management and a Bachelor of Business (HRM) at Queensland University of Technology. She then worked at Australia Post for a number of years before becoming an Electorate Officer for Judy Spence,State Member for Mount Gravatt. [1]
Stone entered Parliament after the 2001 state election,having been selected after the sitting member,Labor's Grant Musgrove,resigned in the wake of an electoral rorting scandal. [2] She subsequently won the 2004,2006 and 2009 elections,making her the longest-serving Member in the Springwood electorate. [3] She lost the seat at the 2012 state election.
Stone served in a number of positions in the government,including as the Chair of the Law,Justice and Safety Committee. She was also a member of a number of Ministerial Legislative Committees including Police and Corrective Services,Transport and Main Roads,Emergency Services and Sports,and was elected Chair of Caucus for the Labor Party. [4]
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