Saxon Rice | |
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Member of the Queensland Parliament for Mount Coot-tha | |
In office 24 March 2012 –31 January 2015 | |
Preceded by | Andrew Fraser |
Succeeded by | Steven Miles |
Personal details | |
Born | 15 June 1976 |
Political party | Liberal National |
Profession | Businesswoman |
Saxon Rice (born 15 June 1976) is an Australian Liberal National politician who was the member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Mount Coot-tha from 2012 to 2015,having defeated Deputy Premier and Treasurer Andrew Fraser at the 2012 state election. [1] She was appointed Assistant Minister for Technical and Further Education on 3 April 2012. [2]
Rice has a Master of International Law from the Australian National University and a Bachelor of Economics from Sydney University. [3]
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