Margie Nightingale | |
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![]() Nightingale in 2024 | |
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Inala | |
Assumed office 16 March 2024 | |
Preceded by | Annastacia Palaszczuk |
Personal details | |
Born | 1972 (age 52–53) Brisbane,Queensland,Australia |
Political party | Labor |
Profession | Nurse,teacher,politician |
Website | Margie Nightingale |
Margaret Ellen Nightingale (born 1972) is an Australian politician who has been the Labor Party member for Inala in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland since the 2024 Inala state by-election. [1]
Nightingale was born at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital in Brisbane,Queensland,Australia in 1972. She grew up in suburban Inala,attended school locally and raised her family in that community. [2]
Before being elected,Nightingale was a nurse and a teacher. [3] She was also a policy adviser to Queensland treasurer Cameron Dick. [4]
Nightingale was elected in the 2024 Inala state by-election,to succeed former premier Annastacia Palaszczuk. [1]
Nightingale was re-elected in the 2024 Queensland state election. [5]