Francis Michael Forde was an Australian politician who was prime minister of Australia from 6 to 13 July 1945. He was the deputy leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 1932 to 1946. He was prime minister in a caretaker capacity after the death of John Curtin,and is the shortest-serving prime minister in Australia's history.
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.
The Division of Capricornia is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland.
Paul Marek is an Australian politician. He was National Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1996 until 1998,representing the regional Queensland-based seat of Capricornia.
Marjorie Madeline Henzell is an Australian politician. She was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1993 to 1996,representing the electorate of Capricornia.
Janelle Anne Saffin is an Australian Labor Party politician. She has been the Member for Lismore in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly since 23 March 2019. She was the Member for Page in the Australian House of Representatives from 2007 to 2013,and a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1995 to 2003.
Maria Justine Elliot is an Australian politician. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has served in the House of Representatives since the 2004 federal election,representing the New South Wales seat of Richmond. She served as Minister for Ageing in the First Rudd Government from 2007 to 2010 and as a parliamentary secretary in the Gillard Government from 2010 to 2013.
The Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) is a major political party in Queensland,Australia. It was formed in 2008 by a merger of the Queensland divisions of the Liberal Party and the National Party. At a federal level and in most other states,the two parties remain distinct and operate as a Coalition. The LNP is a division of the Liberal Party of Australia,and an affiliate of the National Party of Australia.
Annastacia Palaszczuk is an Australian politician and solicitor serving as the 39th and current premier of Queensland since February 2015. She has been leader of the Queensland branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) since March 2012 and a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland (MLA) for the division of Inala since September 2006. She is the first woman to win the premiership from opposition and preside over a majority female cabinet in Australian history.
The Division of Flynn is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland.
Douglas Nixon Everingham was an Australian politician who served as Minister for Health in the Whitlam Government from 1972 to 1975. He represented the Labor Party in the House of Representatives from 1967 to 1975 and 1977 to 1984. He is remembered for his pivotal role in the formation of the Whitlam Government's Medicare program.
Robert Evan Schwarten is an Australian politician.
The 2013 Australian federal election to elect the members of the 44th Parliament of Australia took place on 7 September 2013. The centre-right Liberal/National Coalition opposition led by Opposition leader Tony Abbott of the Liberal Party of Australia and Coalition partner the National Party of Australia,led by Warren Truss,defeated the incumbent centre-left Labor Party government of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in a landslide. Labor had been in government for six years since being elected in the 2007 election. This election marked the end of the Rudd-Gillard-Rudd Labor government and the start of the 9 year long Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Liberal-National Coalition government. Abbott was sworn in by the Governor-General,Quentin Bryce,as Australia's new Prime Minister on 18 September 2013,along with the Abbott Ministry. The 44th Parliament of Australia opened on 12 November 2013,with the members of the House of Representatives and territory senators sworn in. The state senators were sworn in by the next Governor-General Peter Cosgrove on 7 July 2014,with their six-year terms commencing on 1 July.
Katter's Australian Party (KAP) is an agrarian political party in Australia. It was founded by Bob Katter,an independent and former Nationals MP for the seat of Kennedy,with a registration application lodged to the Australian Electoral Commission in 2011.
This article provides information on candidates for the 2013 Australian federal election held on 7 September 2013. There were 1,717 candidates in total.
The United Australia Party (UAP),formerly known as Clive Palmer's United Australia Party and the Palmer United Party (PUP),is a currently deregistered Australian political party formed by mining magnate Clive Palmer in April 2013. The party was deregistered by the Australian Electoral Commission in 2017,revived and re-registered in 2018,and voluntarily deregistered in 2022. The party fielded candidates in all 150 House of Representatives seats at the 2013 federal election. Palmer,the party's leader,was elected to the Division of Fairfax and it reached a peak of three senators following the rerun of the Western Australian senate election in 2014. When the party was revived under its original name in 2018,it was represented by ex-One Nation senator Brian Burston in the federal parliament.
Michelle Leanne Landry is an Australian politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives since the 2013 federal election,representing the Division of Capricornia. Landry served as the Assistant Minister for Children and Families (2018–2022) and as the Assistant Minister for Northern Australia (2020–2022) in the Morrison Government. She is a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland,and sits with the Nationals in federal parliament.
The 2019 Australian federal election was held on Saturday 18 May 2019 to elect members of the 46th Parliament of Australia. The election had been called following the dissolution of the 45th Parliament as elected at the 2016 double dissolution federal election. All 151 seats in the House of Representatives and 40 of the 76 seats in the Senate were up for election.
Meaghan Alana Jenkins Scanlon is an Australian politician and lawyer. She has been the Labor member for Gaven in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2017 and is currently serving as the Minister for the Environment and the Great Barrier Reef and Minister for Science and Youth Affairs.
Anika Shay Wells is an Australian politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives since the 2019 federal election. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and represents the Division of Lilley in Queensland. Wells is currently the Minister for Aged Care and Minister for Sport.
