Bill Feldman
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William Patrick "Bill" Feldman (born 22 February 1958) is a former Australia
n politician. He was a police officer before entering politics, having attained the rank of sergeant in 1994. On 7 May 1978 he had married Gail, with whom he has two children, Dannielle and Luke. In 1998, he was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly
as a member of Pauline Hanson
's One Nation, representing the seat of Caboolture
. He was the parliamentary leader until December 1999, when he led his remaining colleagues out of One Nation to form the City Country Alliance
, of which he became leader. His seat was abolished in 2001 and he contested its replacement, Pumicestone
, but was defeated by Labor
's Carryn Sullivan
, whose husband Jon Sullivan
Feldman had defeated in Caboolture in 1998. Feldman has not returned to politics.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n politician. He was a police officer before entering politics, having attained the rank of sergeant in 1994. On 7 May 1978 he had married Gail, with whom he has two children, Dannielle and Luke. In 1998, he was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly
Queensland Legislative Assembly
The Queensland Legislative Assembly is the unicameral chamber of the Parliament of Queensland. Elections are held approximately once every three years. Voting is by the Optional Preferential Voting form of the Alternative Vote system...
as a member of Pauline Hanson
Pauline Hanson
Pauline Lee Hanson is an Australian politician and former leader of Pauline Hanson's One Nation, a political party with a populist and anti-multiculturalism platform...
's One Nation, representing the seat of Caboolture
Electoral district of Caboolture
Caboolture was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It existed from 1977 to 2001 and centred on the community of Caboolture between Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast.-Members for Caboolture:...
. He was the parliamentary leader until December 1999, when he led his remaining colleagues out of One Nation to form the City Country Alliance
City Country Alliance
The City Country Alliance was a short lived Australian political party that briefly held six Queensland state seats.It was founded in late 1999 after the One Nation Party contingent in the Queensland Legislative Assembly split...
, of which he became leader. His seat was abolished in 2001 and he contested its replacement, Pumicestone
Electoral district of Pumicestone
The district of Pumicestone is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.The district was first created for the 2001 state election. Located in the corridor between Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast, it includes the urbanised areas of Bribie Island, as...
, but was defeated by Labor
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...
's Carryn Sullivan
Carryn Sullivan
Carryn Elizabeth Sullivan is an Australian politician. Born at Millmerran, she achieved a Bachelor of Education and a diploma in primary school teaching. She was a Caboolture Shire Councillor from 1991 until she retired in 1994, and was secretary of the Bribie Island branch of the Australian Labor...
, whose husband Jon Sullivan
Jon Sullivan
Jonathan Harold "Jon" Sullivan , an Australian politician, was a member of the Australian House of Representatives from 2007 to 2010, representing the seat of Longman for the Australian Labor Party and previously, a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1989 to 1998, representing the...
Feldman had defeated in Caboolture in 1998. Feldman has not returned to politics.