Peter Douglas Beattie is an Australian former politician who served as the 36th Premier of Queensland,in office from 1998 to 2007. He was the state leader of the Labor Party from 1996 to 2007.
Anna Maria Bligh is a lobbyist and former Australian politician who served as the 37th Premier of Queensland,in office from 2007 to 2012 as leader of the Queensland Labor Party. She was the first woman to hold either position. In 2017,she was appointed CEO of the Australian Banking Association.
Jan Elizabeth McLucas is a former Australian politician. McLucas was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate representing Queensland from 1999 to 2016. McLucas was the Minister for Human Services in the Rudd Government till the 2013 Election.
Julie Maree Attwood is a Labor politician who was the Member of the Queensland Parliament for Mount Ommaney from 1998 until she stood down at the 2012. She served as a Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Child Safety during the last year of Peter Beattie's term as Premier,and was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer by Anna Bligh after she took power in September 2007. When the Bligh Ministry was reshuffled following Labor's re-election at the 2009 election,Attwood was made Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Disability Services and Multicultural Affairs,and became she Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health in February 2011.
Margaret Majella Keech is a former Australian Labor Party politician who served as a minister in the Cabinet of Queensland,the Government Whip,and the Member of Parliament for Albert between 2001 and 2012.
Terence Michael Mackenroth was an Australian politician from Queensland,who was a member of the Labor Party. He served almost 28 years with a notable parliamentary service history and a number of ministerial roles including Treasurer and Deputy Premier.
David John Hamill is a former Labor Queensland politician,who served in a number of positions including Minister for Transport and Minister Assisting the Premier on Economic and Trade Development,Minister for Education and treasurer. He was elected to the Queensland Parliament as member for Ipswich in 1983 and held the seat until 2001. He was awarded a Centenary Medal in 2001 and in 2009 he made a Member of the General Division of the Order of Australia award.
Mark Francis McArdle is an Australian politician and former Deputy Leader of the Opposition in Queensland. He was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland between 2004 and 2020,representing the electorate of Caloundra on the Sunshine Coast. Initially a Liberal Party member,in 2007 he became the party leader and the following year oversaw a merger with the National Party that produced the Liberal National Party.
Peter Lawlor is a former Labor Member for Southport in the Queensland Legislative Assembly. He served as Queensland Minister for Tourism and Fair Trading. Prior to his term in state parliament he previously served as a councillor on the Gold Coast City Council.
Andrew Peter Fraser is Chancellor of Griffith University,and was formerly an Australian Labor politician. He was first elected into the Legislative Assembly of Queensland on 7 February 2004. He was the Deputy Premier of Queensland,Treasurer and Minister for State Development and Trade of the Queensland Government. On 24 March 2012,Andrew Fraser lost his seat to the LNP candidate Saxon Rice.
Judith Caroline Spence is an Australian politician and former member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for the Labor Party,from the 1989 election to 2012. She represented Mount Gravatt until 2009,but after a redistribution she switched to Sunnybank,which covered much of the same territory. She was Leader of the House,a role responsible for the co-ordination and management of Government business in the Assembly from 7 April 2009 to 24 March 2012.
Kate Jennifer Jones is an Australian former politician. She served as a Labor Party Member of Parliament in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2006 to 2012,and again from 2015 to 2020. Jones first represented the seat of Ashgrove until she was defeated by eventual Premier Campbell Newman at the 2012 state election. Jones retook the seat for the Labor Party at the 2015 state election. The seat was abolished prior to the 2017 state election,so Jones contested and won the new seat of Cooper at that election. In the Palaszczuk Government,she was the Minister for Innovation and Tourism Industry Development,Minister for State Development and the Minister for the Commonwealth Games.
Stephen Robertson is an Australian politician,he is a former member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland who represented the electoral district of Stretton for the Labor Party. He was the Minister for Natural Resources,Mines and Energy and Minister for Trade in the cabinet of Premier Anna Bligh. He had previously held the positions of Minister for Health (2005–2009) and Minister for Emergency Services (1999–2001).
The 2009 Queensland state election was held on 21 March 2009 to elect all 89 members of the Legislative Assembly,a unicameral parliament.
Janice Heather Jarratt is an Australian politician. She was a teacher specialising in children with learning difficulties before entering parliament. A member of the Labor Party,she was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for the seat of Whitsunday in 2001. She was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Primary Industries and Fisheries on 13 September 2006 by Premier Peter Beattie. She served on the front bench for all of Anna Bligh's term. She was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Tourism,Regional Development and Industry from 2007 to 2009,when she became Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Employment. In February 2011,she was promoted to the ministry as Minister for Tourism,Manufacturing and Small Business. In March 2012,Labor was swept out of power at an election that also cost Jarratt her seat.
Reginald John Mickel is an Australian politician. He was the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland and the Labor member for Logan until the 2012 election. He was succeeded by Fiona Simpson as Speaker,as he did not contest the 2012 election.
Frederick Warren Pitt is an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1989 to 1995 and 1998 to 2009.
The Beattie Ministry was a Ministry of the Government of Queensland,led by Labor Premier Peter Beattie. It commenced on 26 June 1998,thirteen days after the Borbidge Ministry,led by Premier Rob Borbidge of the National Party,was defeated at the 1998 election. It was followed by the Bligh Ministry upon Beattie's retirement as Premier on 13 September 2007.
Naomi Kate Wynn Wilson is a former teacher and Tanzanian-born Australian politician,who was a National Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1995 to 1998,as which she represented the district of Mulgrave.
Anna Bligh was sworn in as Premier of Queensland on 13 September 2007 with her first ministry,replacing Peter Beattie,who had retired from politics,and his ministry. She subsequently won the 2009 state election with a reduced majority against the newly merged Liberal National Party of Queensland. Shortly thereafter,on 26 March 2009,Bligh reshuffled the ministry. She conducted a second reshuffle on 21 February 2011. Following her party's loss at the 2012 state election,she soon resigned as Premier to make way for the Newman Ministry.
