William Bond Ingpen "Bill" Flynn (born 9 October 1951) is a former Australia

Australia

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n politician. Born in Dorset

Dorset

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 in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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, he served as a police officer in the UK for six years before becoming an Australian citizen in 1984. He remained a policeman, serving in Brisbane

Brisbane

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, Beenleigh

Beenleigh, Queensland

Beenleigh is a suburb in the Logan City area of Queensland, Australia. Beenleigh and adjoining suburbs are located near the confluence of the Logan and Albert rivers...

, Woodridge

Woodridge, Queensland

Woodridge is a suburb of Logan City in the South East of Queensland, Australia, located within the Brisbane metropolitan area and had a population of 18,039 as of the 1996 census....

, Oxley

Oxley, Queensland

Oxley is a south-western suburb of Brisbane located approximately 11 km from the Brisbane CBD. It was named after the early Australian explorer John Oxley. The suburb supports a mix of residential, retail and industrial land use....

 and Beaudesert

Beaudesert, Queensland

Beaudesert is a town located on the Mount Lindesay Highway, some 64 km south of Brisbane. It is possibly named after Beau Desert Park, the property of Charles Henry Alexander Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey in Staffordshire, England...

. In 2000 he was presented with a National Medal

National Medal (Australia)

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.

In 2001, Flynn was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly

Queensland Legislative Assembly

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 as the member for Lockyer

Electoral district of Lockyer

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, representing 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. He was elected leader of the parliamentary party in March 2001, shortly after the election. The resignation of Elisa Roberts

Elisa Roberts

Elisa Mary Roberts is a former Australian politician. Born in Sydney, she served with the Australian Defence Force at Victoria Barracks in Paddington from 1989 to 1993, and received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of New South Wales in 1996...

 from the party left Flynn with only one colleague, Rosa Lee Long

Rosa Lee Long

Rosa Theresa Lee Long is a former member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly representing the electorate Tablelands in Northern Queensland, Australia for the One Nation Party...

. In the 2004 election he defended his seat of Lockyer but lost it to National Party

National Party of Australia

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 candidate Ian Rickuss

Ian Rickuss

Ian Phillip Rickuss is an Australian politician. Born in Brisbane, he was a bank clerk and horticulturist before entering politics. He is married to Ann and has two sons, Luke and Joel. In 2004, he was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly as the National Party member for Lockyer,...

, leaving Lee Long as One Nation's last MP. He unsuccessfully contested the seat of Oxley

Division of Oxley

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 in the 2004 federal election.