Brett Raguse | |
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Member of the Australian Parliament for Forde | |
In office 24 November 2007 –21 August 2010 | |
Preceded by | Kay Elson |
Succeeded by | Bert van Manen |
Personal details | |
Born | Brisbane,Queensland,Australia | 24 March 1960
Political party | Independent (since 2016) |
Other political affiliations | Labor (until 2016) |
Alma mater | Griffith University |
Occupation | Teacher,political advisor |
Brett Blair Raguse (born 24 March 1960) is a former Australian politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 2007 to 2010,representing the Division of Forde for the Australian Labor Party (ALP).
Raguse was born in Brisbane,Queensland. [1] His unwed 17-year-old mother Denise gave him up for adoption at birth. Prior to entering politics he worked as a compositor,schoolteacher and director of a TAFE college. [2]
Raguse gained Labor pre-selection to contest the normally safe Liberal seat of Forde at the 2007 federal election. A position previously held by retiring Liberal Kay Elson. He won an unexpected 14% swing on election day,easily defeating new Liberal candidate Wendy Creighton in what was generally viewed as one of the main upset results of the election. [3] [4] He lost his seat in the 2010 federal election to the LNP candidate Bert van Manen.
In March 2015,Raguse confirmed he would be a candidate for mayor of Logan City in the Queensland local government elections set for 19 March 2016. [5] He placed 2nd behind incumbent Luke Smith. [6]
In 2016,Raguse resigned his Labor party membership to run for Mayor as an Independent. [7]
In 2020,Reguse again ran for mayor and placed 2nd to new Mayor Darren Power. [8]
In 2024,Reguse ran a 3rd time for Logan city Mayor. [9]
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