Francis Michael Forde was an Australian politician who served as the 15th prime minister of Australia from 6 to 13 July 1945,in a caretaker capacity following the death of John Curtin. He was deputy leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 1932 to 1946 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 1998 Australian federal election was held to determine the members of the 39th Parliament of Australia. It was held on 3 October 1998. All 148 seats of the House of Representatives and 40 seats of the 76 seat Senate were up for election. The incumbent centre-right Liberal/National Coalition government led by Prime Minister John Howard of the Liberal Party and coalition partner Tim Fischer of the National Party defeated the centre-left Australian Labor Party opposition led by Opposition Leader Kim Beazley,despite losing the nationwide popular and two-party preferred vote. However,the Australian Labor Party gained seats compared to the previous election.
The 1996 Australian federal election was held to determine the members of the 38th Parliament of Australia. It was held on 2 March 1996. All 148 seats of the House of Representatives and 40 seats of the 76-seat Senate were up for election. The centre-right Liberal/National Coalition led by Opposition Leader John Howard of the Liberal Party and coalition partner Tim Fischer of the National Party defeated the incumbent centre-left Australian Labor Party government led by Prime Minister Paul Keating in a landslide victory. The Coalition won 94 seats in the House of Representatives,which is the largest number of seats held by a federal government to date,and only the second time a party had won over 90 seats at a federal election.
Kay Selma Elson,Australian politician,was a Liberal Member of the Australian House of Representatives from March 1996 until her retirement in November 2007. Kay represented the Division of Forde,Queensland. She was born in Brisbane,Queensland,and was a special events co-ordinator for a handicapped association,a shop proprietor and a financial consultant before entering politics. Elson is married to David,a beekeeper and bush poet. Elson has eight children,24 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Anna Maria Bligh is an Australian lobbyist and former 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.
The Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) is a major conservative 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 often 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 who served as the 39th premier of Queensland from 2015 to 2023. She held office as the leader of the Queensland branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 2012 until her resignation,and has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland (MLA) for the division of Inala since 2006. Palaszczuk is the fifth-most-tenured premier in Queensland state history and the first woman to win the premiership from opposition,she also presided over the first majority female cabinet in Australian state and federal history.
The electoral district of Inala is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in south-west Brisbane. It includes the suburbs of Inala,Ellen Grove,Forest Lake,Doolandella,Durack,Wacol,Richlands and parts of Oxley. It borders the electoral districts of Mount Ommaney,Miller,Algester,Jordan,Bundamba and Moggill.
Yvette Maree D'Ath is an Australian politician. She served as the Labor member for Redcliffe in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2014 until her retirement in 2024. D'Ath served as Attorney-General and Minister for the Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence from 2023 to 2024. Prior to this she held an extensive list of various ministerial and other governmental positions,including Minister for Justice and Leader of the House. She was previously a Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives representing the outer Brisbane seat of Petrie from 2007 until her defeat at the 2013 Australian federal election.
Robert Cummin Katter was an Australian politician who served in the House of Representatives from 1966 to 1990,representing the National Party. He served as Minister for the Army in the McMahon government in 1972. His sons Bob Katter Jr. and Carl Katter as well as grandson Robbie have also been involved in politics.
Dorothy Helen Mayer was an Australian politician. Born in Kaniva,Victoria,she was educated at Swinburne Institute of Technology in Melbourne,and then Toorak Teachers' College,after which she became a teacher.
Manfred Douglas Cross was an Australian public servant and politician. He was educated at various state schools in Brisbane in Queensland before joining the Queensland public service and later,in 1961,becoming a member of the Australian House of Representatives for the Division of Brisbane.
David John Hopetoun Watson is an Australian former politician.
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.
Maxwell Arthur Burr,is an Australian retired politician. Born in Launceston,Tasmania,he was educated at Launceston Business College before becoming an accountant and Secretary of the Tasmanian Farmers' Federation. In 1975,he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Liberal member for Wilmot,defeating long-serving Labor member Gil Duthie. When Wilmot was abolished in 1984,Burr successfully contested its successor,Lyons. He held the seat until his retirement in 1993.
William Clarence Heatley was an Australian politician.
The 2012 Queensland state election was held on 24 March 2012 to elect all 89 members of the Legislative Assembly,a unicameral parliament.
Larissa Joy Waters is an Australian politician. She is a member of the Australian Greens and has served as a Senator for Queensland since 2018. She previously served in the Senate from 2011 to 2017,resigning during the parliamentary eligibility crisis due to her holding Canadian citizenship in violation of Section 44 of the Constitution of Australia. Waters serves as her party's Senate leader,in office since February 2020. She previously served as co-deputy leader from May 2015 to July 2017 and again from December 2018 to June 2022.
A by-election was held for the seat of South Brisbane in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland on 28 April 2012,the same day as local government elections,following the decision of former premier Anna Bligh to retire from politics. Jackie Trad retained the seat for the Labor Party.
