Jason Woodforth

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Jason Woodforth
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Nudgee
In office
24 March 2012 31 January 2015
Preceded by Neil Roberts
Succeeded by Leanne Linard
Personal details
Born (1970-11-27) 27 November 1970 (age 50)
Political party Independent
Other political
affiliations
Liberal National
Health Australia Party
Children2
ProfessionSales representative, sales manager, fitness business owner

Jason Ross Woodforth (born 27 November 1970) is an Australian Liberal National politician who was the member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Nudgee from 2012 to 2015. [1] [2]

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Biography

Jason Woodforth was born in Brisbane on 27 November 1970. [3] He was educated at Craigslea and Brisbane State High Schools. [4] He runs a bodybuilding supplements business, Bodyzone sports supplements, [5] and is managing director of supplement importing company International Brands Direct. [6] He also serves as the Australian vice president and Queensland president of the International Natural Bodybuilding Association. [7] He has won a 'promoter's contest' in bodybuilding held by the INBA. [8]

Fluoridation

Woodforth was quoted by the Courier Mail [9] as being in support of ceasing fluoridation of the Queensland water supply. This was at odds with Woodforth's maiden speech, where he was concerned by rising health care costs in Australia. [10] He has been disciplined by prominent Queensland LNP member and former dentist John-Paul Langbroek for these comments, as well as receiving a critical editorial from the Courier Mail. Andrew Wong of the Australian Dental Association agreed with ABC AM interviewer Annie Guest that the LNP was possibly appeasing an "uninformed minority". [11] In this interview, Woodforth avoided answering questions regarding his lack of formal education he had in health care, by stating "What I say to people is you actually don't need letters after your name to work out what's right and what's wrong".

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References

  1. "Jason Woodforth". Queensland Parliament . Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  2. "Nudgee - Queensland Votes 2012". Australian Broadcasting Commission . Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  3. Liberal National Party biography
  4. "Jason Woodforth". LinkedIn.
  5. http://www.demandrecruitment.com.au/employers.html.
  6. "Nudgee - Queensland Votes 2012 - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)".
  7. INBA Australian Vice President
  8. Ironside, Robyn (11 December 2012). "Nudgee MP and anti-fluoride campaigner Jason Woodforth's natural bodybuilding makes him parliament's new pin-up". Courier-Mail . Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  9. Robyn Ironside (10 December 2012). "Jason Woodforth gets the drill on fluoride sniping". The Courier-Mail. News Corp. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  10. Jason Woodforth (31 May 2012). "MAIDEN SPEECH" (PDF). Hansard. Government of Queensland. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  11. Annie Guest (11 December 2012). "Queensland under fire over fluoridation". AM. ABC Australia. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by
Neil Roberts
Member for Nudgee
2012–2015
Succeeded by
Leanne Linard