Peter John Lindsay is an Australian former politician who served as a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian House of Representatives from March 1996 to July 2010,representing the Division of Herbert,Queensland. In January 2007 he was appointed to the position of Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Defence in the Howard government. He was born in Brisbane,Queensland,and was a television station production manager and General Manager of Townsville Television from 1972 to 1996 before entering politics. He was a member of the City of Townsville City Council from 1985 to 1996.
Concetto Antonio Sciacca was an Australian politician of the Australian Labor Party and member of the Australian House of Representatives from July 1987 to March 1996 and again from October 1998 to October 2004,representing the Division of Bowman,Queensland.
Kathryn Jean Martin Sullivan AM is an Australian former politician. A member of the Liberal Party,she was a Senator for Queensland from 1974 to 1984 and a member of the House of Representatives from 1984 to 2001,holding the seat of Moncrieff. She broke Dorothy Tangney's record for the longest period of service in federal parliament by a woman,which was later surpassed by Bronwyn Bishop. She was the first woman to have served in both houses of parliament.
Michael John Clyde Ronaldson is a former Australian politician. He was a Senator for the state of Victoria representing the Liberal Party from July 2005 until February 2016,and previously served in the House of Representatives for Ballarat from 1990 to 2001. Ronaldson served as the Minister for Veterans' Affairs,the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Centenary of ANZAC,and the Special Minister of State in the Abbott government from 2013 to 2015.
Rob Justin Hulls is a former Australian politician who was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 2012,representing the electorate of Niddrie. As well as serving as the Deputy Premier of Victoria,he held the posts of state attorney-general and Minister for Racing.
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.
Michael Reynolds,CBE,AM is an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1998 to 2009,representing the district of Townsville. He served as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2006 to 2009.
Townsville is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. The seat is one of four within the Townsville urban area in North Queensland,and covers the Eastern and Northern suburbs of the City of Townsville as well as Magnetic Island and Palm Island.
Thuringowa is an electorate in the Legislative Assembly of the state of Queensland,Australia.
Lindel Helena Nelson-Carr is a former Australian politician who was the member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Mundingburra from 1998 until she stood down at the 2012 state election.
William Frederick Edmonds was an Australian politician and trade unionist from Queensland. He served briefly as state president of Australian Workers' Union (AWU) before his election to the House of Representatives at the 1946 federal election. He represented the Australian Labor Party (ALP) in the seat of Herbert until his defeat in 1958.
Arthur Gordon Dean was an Australian politician,solicitor and magistrate. He was a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1977 to 1983,representing the electorate of Herbert.
Peter George Dodd was an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1993 to 1996,representing the Queensland seat of Leichhardt.
Dean MacMillan Wells is an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1986 to 2012 and was a Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1983 to 1984.
James Bernard Keeffe was an Australian politician who served in the Australian Senate as a Labor Senator for Queensland.
David John MacGibbon is an Australian retired politician who served 21 years in the Australian Senate as a Liberal senator representing Queensland from 1978 to 1999.
Victoria Anne Kippin was an Australian politician. She was a National Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1974 to 1980,representing the district of Mourilyan.
Karen Lesley Andrews is an Australian politician who served in the Morrison government as Minister for Industry,Science and Technology from 2018 to 2021 and as Minister for Home Affairs from 2021 to 2022. She is a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland and has represented the Queensland seat of McPherson since the 2010 federal election. Andrews sits as a Liberal and previously served as an assistant minister in the Abbott and Turnbull governments. Before entering politics she was a mechanical engineer and industrial relations consultant.
The 2005 Dissolution Honours List was issued after the General Election of the same year on the advice of the Prime Minister,Tony Blair.
The National Liberal Union of Queensland,also referred to simply as the Liberals,was an Australian protectionist organisation that was active in the early 1900s. It endorsed candidates at elections and provided extra-parliamentary support for anti-Labour politics.
