Bruce Laming is a former Australia

Australia

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n Liberal Party

Liberal Party of Australia

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 politician in the Queensland

Queensland

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 parliament. Laming held the seat of Mooloolah

Electoral district of Mooloolah

Mooloolah was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1992 to 2001.The district was situated in the Sunshine Coast and named for the community of Mooloolah.-Members for Mooloolah:...

 from 1992 until 2001 and served as Shadow Public Works and Housing Minister, Government Whip

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 and Deputy Speaker of the Queensland Legislative Assembly

Queensland Legislative Assembly

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. He is the father of Andrew Laming

Andrew Laming

Andrew Charles Laming is an Australian politician who is currently a member of the House of Representatives representing the Division of Bowman, Queensland, for the Liberal National Party of Queensland, having first won the seat at the 2004 federal election for the Liberal Party of Australia...

 who was elected to the Australian House of Representatives

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 as the member for the Division of Bowman

Division of Bowman

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 at the 2004 federal election.

The electorate of Mooloolah was re-named Kawana

Electoral district of Kawana

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 before the Queensland state election, 2001. At the election, Laming suffered a 17.3 percent swing against him and lost the seat to Labor's

Australian Labor Party

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 Chris Cummins.

Publications

• Laming, Bruce, "Scheme for jobless also has benefits for business", Business Queensland, 12 May 1997.