Francis Michael Forde was an Australian politician who served as 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 served as prime minister in a caretaker capacity after the death of John Curtin,and is the shortest-serving prime minister in Australia's history.
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 happily married to David,a beekeeper and bush poet. Elson has eight children,24 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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 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 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.
John-Paul HonoréLangbroek is an Australian politician who has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland representing the centre-right Liberal Party and its successor,the centre-right Liberal National Party,in the seat of Surfers Paradise since 2004. He was Leader of the Opposition and parliamentary leader of the LNP from 2009 to 2011—the first person from the Liberal side of the merger to hold the post. He was a minister in the Newman government before its defeat at the 2015 state election.
Ross Vincent Free is a former Australian politician who served as a Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives representing the seat of Macquarie from 1980 until 1984,then Lindsay from 1984 until 1996. He served as a minister from 1990 until 1996 in both the Hawke and Keating ministries.
Annastacia Palaszczuk is an Australian politician who has been the 39th premier of Queensland since 2015 and the leader of the Queensland branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) since 2012. She was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for the district of Inala at the 2006 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.
James Donald Mathieson Dobie was an Australian politician. Born in Glasgow in Scotland,he migrated to Australia as a child and was educated at Brisbane Grammar School,the University of Melbourne,and Columbia University in New York. He then became an economist with a private bank until 1966,when he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives for the Liberal Party,defeating Labor member Les Johnson for the seat of Hughes. A redistribution ahead of the 1969 election erased Dobie's majority and gave Labor a notional eight-percent majority—technically making it a safe Labor seat on paper. Believing this made Hughes unwinnable—especially with Johnson priming for a rematch—Dobie transferred to the new seat of Cook,created mostly out of the more Liberal-friendly eastern portion of Hughes. This move proved prescient,as Johnson retook Hughes for Labor on a large swing while Dobie narrowly won Cook.
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.
Mervyn William Lee was an Australian politician who served as the Liberal member for Lalor from 1966 to 1969. He died in December 2009 at the age of 89.
Manfred Douglas Cross is a retired Australian 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 parliament. Along with Bill Hayden and Doug McClelland,Cross is the earliest elected Labor MP still alive.
David John Hopetoun Watson is an Australian former politician.
Thomas Vernon Gilmore Sr. was an Australian politician.
Kate Jennifer Jones is an Australian former politician from Queensland. 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.
The 2012 Queensland state election was held on 24 March 2012 to elect all 89 members of the Legislative Assembly,a unicameral parliament.
Joan Mary Sheldon is an Australian politician. She was a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1990 to 2004,representing the electorates of Landsborough (1990–1992) and then Caloundra (1992–2004). She was the state Liberal leader from 1991 to 1998,and served as Deputy Premier in the Borbidge government from 1996 to 1998.
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,and has been a co-deputy leader since December 2018. She previously held the latter position from May 2015 to July 2017.
The 2015 Queensland state election was held on 31 January 2015 to elect all 89 members of the unicameral Legislative Assembly of Queensland.
