Russell Field | |
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Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Capalaba | |
Assumed office 26 October 2024 | |
Preceded by | Don Brown |
Personal details | |
Political party | Liberal National |
Russell Field is an Australian politician and anti-crime advocate. A member of the Liberal National Party (LNP),he was elected member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Capalaba in the 2024 Queensland state election. [1]
Field's son Matthew was killed alongside his pregnant fiancée by a teenager in a stolen car on Australia Day in 2021,which Field claims inspired him to run for Parliament. [2] [3]
At the 2024 state election,Field won the seat of Capalaba in Brisbane for the Liberal National Party (LNP). He defeated sitting Labor MP Don Brown,who in 2023 described youth crime as a "media beat-up". [4]