Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 2006-2009

This is a list of members of 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...

from 2006 to 2009, as elected at the 2006 election:

Name	Party	District Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral districts This is a list of current and former electoral divisions for the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, the state legislature for Queensland, Australia.-Districts in Far North Queensland:Barron RiverCairnsCookMulgrave*Dalrymple...	Term in office
Julie Attwood Julie Attwood Julie Maree Attwood is an Australian Labor Party Member of the Queensland Parliament for the seat of Mount Ommaney. Elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly in 1998, she was appointed as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Child Safety on 21 September 2006.Attwood obtained a...	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...	Mount Ommaney Electoral district of Mount Ommaney The district of Mount Ommaney is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created with the 1992 redistribution....	1998–present
Bonny Barry Bonny Barry Veronica Lesley "Bonny" Barry is an Australian politician. She was a Labor member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2009, representing the district of Aspley....	Labor	Aspley Electoral district of Aspley -External links:*...	2001–2009
Hon Peter Beattie Peter Beattie Peter Douglas Beattie , Australian politician, was the 36th Premier of the Australian state of Queensland for nine years and leader of the Australian Labor Party in that state for eleven and a half years...	Labor	Brisbane Central Electoral district of Brisbane Central The district of Brisbane Central is an electoral division in the state of Queensland, Australia.As its name suggests, the electorate covers the central portion of Brisbane. It includes the Brisbane central business district as well as the inner suburbs of Bowen Hills, Fortitude Valley, Herston,...	1989–2007
Hon Anna Bligh Anna Bligh Anna Maria Bligh is an Australian politician and the Premier of Queensland since 2007. The 2009 Queensland state election was the first time a female-led political party won or retained state or federal government in Australia...	Labor	South Brisbane Electoral district of South Brisbane The district of South Brisbane is an electoral district of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. The electorate encompasses suburbs in Brisbane's inner-south, stretching from East Brisbane to West End, and south to Fairfield...	1995–present
Chris Bombolas Chris Bombolas Chris Bombolas is a former Australian politician and television presenter. A former sports reporter for the Nine Network in Brisbane, he served as the Labor member for Chatsworth in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 2006 to 2009.Bombolas was born in Newcastle, New South Wales...	Labor	Chatsworth Electoral district of Chatsworth The district of Chatsworth is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. The electorate is centred on the south-eastern suburbs of Brisbane and stretches north to Tingalpa, west to Carina Heights, east to Tingalpa Creek and south to Bulimba...	2006–2009
Hon Desley Boyle Desley Boyle Desley Carole Boyle is an Australian Labor Party politician. Boyle represents the electoral district of Cairns, Queensland in the Queensland Legislative Assembly and was elected in the 1998 State election-Career:...	Labor	Cairns Electoral district of Cairns The electoral district of Cairns is an electoral district in the Queensland Legislative Assembly in the state of Queensland, Australia.The division encompasses the central business district and inner-suburbs of Cairns, in Far North Queensland...	1998–present
Michael Choi Michael Choi (politician) Michael Wai-Man Choi is an Australian politician. He represents the electoral district of Capalaba in the Queensland Legislative Assembly and is a member of the Australian Labor Party....	Labor	Capalaba Electoral district of Capalaba The district of Capalaba is an electoral division of the Queensland Legislative Assembly in the state of Queensland, Australia. The electorate is centred on the suburb of Capalaba, in Redlands Shire east of Brisbane, and includes parts of the adjoining suburbs of Alexandra Hills and...	2001–present
Stuart Copeland Stuart Copeland Stuart William Copeland is an Australian politician. He was a National/Liberal National from 2001 to 2009, representing the district of Cunningham....	National National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is... /LNP	Cunningham Electoral district of Cunningham Cunningham was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1888 to 2009.Prior to its abolition, the district occupied an area of the Darling Downs, south and west of Toowoomba. Historically it was centred on the town of Clifton. The eastern portion...	2001–2009
Andrew Cripps Andrew Cripps Andrew Peter Cripps is an Australian politician and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. He was born in Tully, Queensland, Australia, and was elected for The Nationals in September 2006 to represent electoral district of Hinchinbrook, replacing the retiring National Party MP, Marc Rowell...	National/LNP	Hinchinbrook Electoral district of Hinchinbrook The district of Hinchinbrook is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.The district in its present form is a narrow coastal strip running from just south of Innisfail to just north of Townsville; though neither town is part of the electorate....	2006–present
Peta-Kaye Croft Peta-Kaye Croft Peta-Kaye Croft is an Australian politician.In 2001 she was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly in the seat of Broadwater for the Labor Party. She was born in Mount Isa and lived in Townsville and Brisbane during her early years...	Labor	Broadwater Electoral district of Broadwater The district of Broadwater is an electoral division in the state of Queensland, Australia. It was created at the 1991 redistribution.The electorate is based on the northern end of the Gold Coast...	2001–present
Liz Cunningham Liz Cunningham Elizabeth Anne "Liz" Cunningham is an Australian politician. She has been an independent member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 1995, representing the electorate of Gladstone...	Independent	Gladstone Electoral district of Gladstone The district of Gladstone is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.The current member is independent Liz Cunningham who won the seat on National Party preferences after defeating then Labor MP Neil Bennett at the 1995 election...	1995–present
Vicky Darling Vicky Darling Vicky Elizabeth Darling is a Labor politician elected to the Queensland State Parliament in September 2006 as the member for the safe seat of Sandgate....	Labor	Sandgate Electoral district of Sandgate The district of Sandgate is an electoral division in the state of Queensland, Australia.It is located in the northern suburbs of Brisbane, covering Sandgate, Shorncliffe, Deagon, Brighton, Bracken Ridge, Fitzgibbon, and Taigum...	2006–present
Jack Dempsey Jack Dempsey (politician) John Mark Dempsey is an Australian politician. He represents the division of Bundaberg in the Queensland Legislative Assembly, and was first elected at the 2006 State election, originally for the National Party...	National/LNP	Bundaberg Electoral district of Bundaberg The division of Bundaberg is an electoral district of the Queensland Legislative Assembly in central Queensland, Australia.It covers the city of Bundaberg, as well as the immediate surrounding area, hence its name....	2006–present
Steve Dickson Steve Dickson Steve Dickson is an Australian Politician and member of the Queensland State Parliament. He represents the Sunshine Coast seat of Buderim. He was a member of the Liberal Party until the merger of the Liberal and National parties...	Liberal/LNP	Kawana Electoral district of Kawana The district of Kawana is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. Based on the Sunshine Coast, the district has been held by both sides of politics over its short history.-Geography:...	2006–present
Glen Elmes Glen Elmes Glen Elmes is a LNP politician in Queensland, representing the state seat of Noosa since the 2006 election. Elmes represents the Liberal National Party....	Liberal/LNP	Noosa Electoral district of Noosa The district of Noosa is a Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral district on the Sunshine Coast in the Australian state of Queensland. The electorate is centred on Noosa and stretches northwest to the southern border of Gympie, south to Peregian Springs and west to Eumundi.The seat is currently...	2006–present
John English John English (Australian politician) John Michael English is an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2009, representing the district of Redlands....	Labor	Redlands Electoral district of Redlands The district of Redlands is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It primarily covers coastal suburbs on the southside of the city of Brisbane, from Thornlands south to the Logan River.-Members for Redlands:...	2001–2009
Gary Fenlon Gary Fenlon Gary Bernard Fenlon is an Australian politician. He was a Labor member for the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1989 to 1995 and 1998 to 2009....	Labor	Greenslopes Electoral district of Greenslopes -External links:*...	1989–1995, 1998–2009
Simon Finn Simon Finn (politician) Simon David Finn was first elected to the seat of Yeerongpilly in the Queensland State Parliament on 7 February 2004. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party....	Labor	Yeerongpilly Electoral district of Yeerongpilly The district of Yeerongpilly is a Legislative Assembly electorate the state of Queensland. Named for the suburb with the same name, the electorate was renamed before the 2001 elections, from the previous name of Yeronga. While only one of the three Yeronga members were Labor, the seat has been...	2004–present
Dr Bruce Flegg Bruce Flegg Dr Bruce Flegg is the Queensland Shadow Ministerfor Education, Training and Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Partnerships and the Member for Moggill having been elected in 2004 and re-elected in 2006 and 2009....	Liberal/LNP	Moggill Electoral district of Moggill The district of Moggill is an electoral district in the Queensland Legislative Assembly in the state of Queensland, Australia. The electorate is held by the former leader of the Queensland state Liberal Party, Dr...	2004–present
Chris Foley Chris Foley (Australian politician) Christopher John "Chris" Foley is an Australian politician. Born in Brisbane, he became a certified financial planner and received a Diploma in Christian Doctrine and Practice, was an Associate in Theology, and became a Justice of the Peace...	Independent	Maryborough Electoral district of Maryborough The district of Maryborough is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.The district is centred on the regional city of Maryborough and takes in other surrounding communities....	2003–present
Hon Andrew Fraser Andrew Fraser (Queensland politician) Andrew Peter Fraser is an Australian politician in the Queensland State Parliament. He was first elected into the Queensland Legislative Assembly on the 7 February 2004...	Labor	Mount Coot-tha Electoral district of Mount Coot-tha The district of Mount Coot-tha is an electoral district in the Queensland Legislative Assembly in the state of Queensland, Australia.The electoral district encompasses suburbs in Brisbane's inner-west, including Milton, Auchenflower, Paddington, Bardon and parts of the suburbs of Toowong and Ashgrove...	2004–present
David Gibson David Gibson (Australian politician) David Francis Gibson is an Australian politician. Born in Fremantle, Western Australia, he graduated from the Royal Military College, Duntroon before moving to Queensland, where he became manager of The Gympie Times....	National/LNP	Gympie Electoral district of Gympie The district of Gympie is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland The electorate is centred on the city of Gympie and stretches north to Rainbow Beach and as far south to Pomona....	2006–present
Grace Grace Grace Grace Ignazia Graziella Grace, usually known as Grace Grace is an Australian politician, representing the electoral district of Brisbane Central in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since the October 2007 by-election...	Labor	Brisbane Central Electoral district of Brisbane Central The district of Brisbane Central is an electoral division in the state of Queensland, Australia.As its name suggests, the electorate covers the central portion of Brisbane. It includes the Brisbane central business district as well as the inner suburbs of Bowen Hills, Fortitude Valley, Herston,...	2007–present
Phil Gray Phil Gray (Australian politician) Philip Roy Gray is an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 2006 to 2009....	Labor	Gaven Electoral district of Gaven The district of Gaven is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created out of the former district of Nerang and the southern segment of Albert in the 2001 redistribution, and is based around the northern growth corridor of the Gold Coast...	2006–2009
Hon Ken Hayward Ken Hayward Kenneth William "Ken" Hayward is an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1986 to 2009....	Labor	Kallangur Electoral district of Kallangur The district of Kallangur is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.The district is based in the outer northern suburbs of Brisbane. It is named for the suburb of Kallangur and also includes the suburbs of Dakabin, Kurwongbah, Murrumba Downs, Petrie...	1986–2009
Stirling Hinchliffe Stirling Hinchliffe Stirling James Hinchliffe is an Australian politician. Born in Dalby, Queensland, he was educated at state schools and received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Queensland. He was a property industry analyst, policy manager, policy advisor and executive officer before his entry into...	Labor	Stafford Electoral district of Stafford The district of Stafford is a Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral district in the state of Queensland, Australia.It is located in the inner northern residential suburbs of Brisbane. Suburbs in the electorate include Stafford, Chermside, Gordon Park, Kedron, Lutwyche, Stafford Heights and...	2006–present
Howard Hobbs Howard Hobbs Howard William Thomas Hobbs is an Australian politician representing the seat of Warrego in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 1 November 1986. He was a member of the National Party of Australia until the Queensland division merged with the Liberal party to form the Liberal National Party...	National/LNP	Warrego Electoral district of Warrego The district of Warrego is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.The electorate lies in the extreme southwest of Queensland, running along the western part of the border with New South Wales...	1986–present
Paul Hoolihan Paul Hoolihan Paul Anthony Hoolihan represents the seat of Keppel in the Queensland State Parliament as a member of the Australian Labor Party since 2004.-References:...	Labor	Keppel Electoral district of Keppel The district of Keppel is an electoral district in the state of Queensland, Australia.The electoral district encompasses the central Queensland coast from the mouth of the Fitzroy River in the south to Shoalwater Bay to the north...	2004–present
Ray Hopper Ray Hopper Raymond Gordon Hopper is an Australian politician. He has been a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2001. Originally elected as an independent in 2001, he joined the National Party later that year and the Liberal National Party in 2008...	National/LNP	Darling Downs	2001–present
Mike Horan Mike Horan Michael James "Mike" Horan is an Australian politician representing the seat of Toowoomba South in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 18 May 1991. He was the Shadow Minister for Primary Industries and Fisheries and now serves as Opposition Whip...	National/LNP	Toowoomba South Electoral district of Toowoomba South The district of Toowoomba South is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created with the 1972 redistribution, and replaced the abolished Toowoomba East....	1991–present
Jan Jarratt Jan Jarratt Janice Heather "Jan" Jarratt is an Australian politician. She was a teacher specialising in children with learning difficulties before entering parliament. A member of the Australian Labor Party, she was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly for the seat of Whitsunday in 2001...	Labor	Whitsunday Electoral district of Whitsunday The district of Whitsunday is an electoral division in the Queensland Legislative Assembly, Queensland, Australia.It encompasses the Whitsunday Islands as well as mainland centres from Bowen to the northern suburbs of Mackay, Queensland, including the tourist resort of Airlie Beach and the sugar...	2001–present
Vaughan Johnson Vaughan Johnson (politician) Vaughan Gregory Johnson is an Australian politician. Born in Bourke, New South Wales, he was a grazier and contractor before entering politics. Having moved to Queensland, he was a councillor on Quilpie Shire Council from 1970 to 1973. From 1972 to 1973 he was Chairman of the Quilpie Branch of the...	National/LNP	Gregory Electoral district of Gregory The district of Gregory is a Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral district in Queensland, Australia.-Members for Gregory:-Election results:-External links:*...	1989–present
Kate Jones	Labor	Ashgrove Electoral district of Ashgrove The division of Ashgrove is a Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral division in the state of Queensland, Australia.It is located in the northern suburbs of Brisbane, encompassing Alderley, Ashgrove, Enoggera, The Gap, and Newmarket...	2006–present
Hon Margaret Keech Margaret Keech Margaret Majella Keech is an Australian politician and is a member of for the Labor Party.In 2001 she was the first woman elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for the seat of Albert and is currently the Government Whip...	Labor	Albert Electoral district of Albert The electoral district of Albert is a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Queensland. Albert is named for the Albert River, which runs through the electorate and separates Logan City from Gold Coast City...	2001–present
Betty Kiernan Betty Kiernan Betty Margaret Kiernan is an Australian politician. Born in Mount Isa, Queensland, she was an electorate officer and corporate manager before entering politics, and had served on Cloncurry Shire Council from 1981 to 1990. A member of the Australian Labor Party, she was elected to the Queensland...	Labor	Mount Isa Electoral district of Mount Isa The district of Mount Isa is an electoral district in the Queensland Legislative Assembly in the state of Queensland, Australia.It is located in the west of the State and covers an area of 570,502 sq kilometres...	2006–present
Shane Knuth Shane Knuth Shane Andrew Knuth is an Australian politician. He has represented the seats of Charters Towers and Dalrymple in the Queensland Legislative Assembly, for the National Party , the Liberal National Party and Katter's Australian Party .Knuth was born in the Queensland town of Tully...	National/LNP	Charters Towers Electoral district of Charters Towers Charters Towers was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It has had three incarnations, most recently being created as part of a redistribution in 1991 and lasting until 2008....	2004–present
John-Paul Langbroek John-Paul Langbroek John-Paul Honoré Langbroek is an Australian politician. He has been a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly representing the Liberal Party and its successor, the centre-right Liberal National Party, in the seat of Surfers Paradise since 2004...	Liberal/LNP	Surfers Paradise Electoral district of Surfers Paradise The district of Surfers Paradise is an electoral district of the State of Queensland in Australia.-Members for Surfers Paradise:-Election results:-External links:*...	2004–present
Linda Lavarch Linda Lavarch Linda Denise Lavarch is an Australian politician and solicitor. She was a Labor Party member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1997 to 2009, representing the district of Kurwongbah....	Labor	Kurwongbah Electoral district of Kurwongbah Kurwongbah was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1992 to 2009.The district was based in the outer northern suburbs of Brisbane. Prior to its abolition, it included the suburbs of Kurwongbah, Bray Park, Eatons Hill, Samsonvale and Strathpine...	1997–2009
Peter Lawlor Peter Lawlor Peter Lawlor is the Queensland Minister for Tourism and Fair Trading and the Australian Labor Party Member for Southport in the Queensland State Parliament...	Labor	Southport Electoral district of Southport The district of Southport is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.The district is based in the northern part of the Gold Coast. It is named for the suburb of Southport, and also includes the suburbs of Arundel, Ernest, Labrador, Molendinar and...	2001–present
Ronan Lee Ronan Lee Ronan Lee is an Irish-Australian political advisor and former Greens member of the Queensland State Parliament. Lee represented the seat of Indooroopilly since he was first elected as an Australian Labor Party member in 2001. Lee joined the Queensland Greens in 2008 citing the Bligh Government's...	Labor/Greens Queensland Greens The Queensland Greens is a Green party in the Australian state of Queensland, and a member of the federation of the Australian Greens. The party was founded in November 1991 and made its electoral debut at the 1993 federal election...	Indooroopilly Electoral district of Indooroopilly The district of Indooroopilly is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.The district is based in the western suburbs of Brisbane, and straddles both sides of the Brisbane River. It is named for the suburb of Indooroopilly and also includes the...	2001–2009
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...	One Nation One Nation Party One Nation is a far-right and nationalist political party in Australia. It gained 22% of the vote translating to 11 of 89 seats in Queensland's unicameral legislative assembly at the 1998 state election and made major inroads into the vote of the existing parties...	Tablelands Electoral district of Tablelands Tablelands was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.Prior to its abolition, it encompassed towns on the Atherton Tablelands west of Cairns, including Mareeba, Atherton, Ravenshoe, Chillagoe and Mount Molloy. The seat was won by the One Nation Party...	2001–2009
Hon Kev Lingard Kev Lingard Kevin Rowson "Kev" Lingard is an Australian politician. He was a National member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1983 to 2009....	National/LNP	Beaudesert Electoral district of Beaudesert -External links:*...	1983–2009
Hon Paul Lucas Paul Lucas (politician) Paul Thomas Lucas is the Attorney-General of Queensland and Minister for Local Government and Special Minister of State in the Bligh Labor Government and the Member for Lytton...	Labor	Lytton Electoral district of Lytton The district of Lytton is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.The district is based in the eastern suburbs of Brisbane, to the south of the Brisbane River. It is named for the suburb of Lytton and also includes the suburbs of Hemmant, Lota, Manly...	1996–present
Carolyn Male Carolyn Male Carolyn Therese Male is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2001.Male was first elected to parliament as the Labor member for Glass House at the 2001 state election...	Labor	Glass House Electoral district of Glass House The district of Glass House is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.The electorate is based mostly on the hinterland areas of the Sunshine Coast and north of Caboolture, it stretches north to Witta, south to the northern outskirts of Caboolture and...	2001–present
Ted Malone Ted Malone (Australian politician) George Edward "Ted" Malone is an Australian politician. Born in Mackay, he was a cane farmer and grazier before entering politics, and had served as Chairman of Directors of the Australian Cane Farmers Association...	National/LNP	Mirani Electoral district of Mirani The district of Mirani is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.It covers much of the Queensland coast between the cities of Rockhampton and Mackay, as well as the hinterland west of Mackay. Towns include St Lawrence, Carmila, Sarina, and Eungella...	1994–present
Mark McArdle Mark McArdle Mark Francis McArdle is an Australian politician and the Shadow Minister for Health. He has been a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2004, representing the electorate of Caloundra....	Liberal/LNP	Caloundra Electoral district of Caloundra The district of Caloundra is a Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral district on the Sunshine Coast in the Australian state of Queensland. The electorate is centred on the city of Caloundra and stretches north to Wurtulla, south to Pelican Waters and west to the Bruce Highway.The seat is...	2004–present
Andrew McNamara Andrew McNamara Andrew Ian McNamara is an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2009, representing the district of Hervey Bay...	Labor	Hervey Bay Electoral district of Hervey Bay -External links:*...	2001–2009
Rosemary Menkens Rosemary Menkens Rosemary Norma Menkens is an Australian politician. She represents the electoral district of Burdekin in the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Originally elected in 2004 for the National Party, she joined the Liberal National Party in 2008. She is currently performing the role of Shadow...	National/LNP	Burdekin Electoral district of Burdekin Burdekin is an electoral district in the Queensland Legislative Assembly in the state of Queensland, Australia. Centred on the Ayr–Home Hill region, the electorate also includes some of Townsville's southern suburbs as well as the coal-mining town of Collinsville...	2004–present
Robert Messenger Robert Messenger Robert Desmond Messenger is an Australian politician. He is currently a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly representing the Electoral district of Burnett...	National/LNP	Burnett Electoral district of Burnett The district of Burnett is an electoral division of the Queensland Legislative Assembly in central Queensland, Australia.It covers most of the coastal region south of Gladstone, as well as coastal and inland regions around Bundaberg. Towns within its boundaries include Miriam Vale, Agnes Water,...	2004–present
Hon John Mickel John Mickel (politician) Reginald John Mickel is an Australian politician who is currently Speaker of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and MP for the electoral district of Logan, but he will retire from those roles at the next election.-Early life:...	Labor	Logan Electoral district of Logan The district of Logan is an electoral division in southern Queensland, Australia.Logan encompasses urban and semi-rural environments on the southern outskirts of the Brisbane metropolitan area...	1998–present
Jo-Ann Miller Jo-Ann Miller Jo-Ann Roslyn Miller is an Australian politician. She was parliamentary secretary from 2001 to 2006 but then stood down to the back bench...	Labor	Bundamba Electoral district of Bundamba The Electorate of Bundamba is a Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral division in the state of Queensland, Australia.The electorate encompasses suburbs in the east and south-east of the City of Ipswich local government area...	2000–present
Evan Moorhead Evan Moorhead Evan Robert Moorhead is an Australian politician.Born in Redcliffe, he received a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws at the University of Queensland before becoming a research officer for the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union...	Labor	Waterford Electoral district of Waterford The district of Waterford is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.The district is based in the southern suburbs of Brisbane. It is named for the suburb of Waterford and also includes the suburbs of Beenleigh, Bethania, Edens Landing, Kingston,...	2006–present
Hon Tim Mulherin Tim Mulherin Timothy Sean "Tim" Mulherin is an Australian politician. Born in Mackay, he was a clerk on the Mackay Electricity Board before becoming involved in politics. From 1994 to 1995 he was a state organiser of the Australian Labor Party. In 1995, he was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly as...	Labor	Mackay Electoral district of Mackay The district of Mackay is a Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral district in North Queensland, Australia, encompassing the inner suburbs of the city of Mackay...	1995–present
Hon Lindy Nelson-Carr Lindy Nelson-Carr Lindel Helena "Lindy" Nelson-Carr , an Australian Politician, has been the Queensland Government Minister for Communities, Disability Services, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Partnerships, Multicultural Affairs, Seniors and Youth since September 2007 and has been the State Member for...	Labor	Mundingburra Electoral district of Mundingburra The district of Mundingburra is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.- Overview :The seat is one of four within the Townsville urban area in North Queensland. Significant utilities within the Mundingburra electorate are the Townsville Hospital,...	1998–present
Tim Nicholls Tim Nicholls Timothy James Nicholls is an Australian politician. He is the member for Clayfield in the Queensland Legislative Assembly and holds the position of Shadow Treasurer...	Liberal/LNP	Clayfield Electoral district of Clayfield The district of Clayfield is an electoral division of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. It is centred around the inner northern suburb of Clayfield in the state capital of Brisbane....	2006–present
Rachel Nolan Rachel Nolan Rachel Genevieve Nolan is an Australian politician. She was elected as the state member for Ipswich on 17 February 2001. At the time she was Queensland's youngest ever female MP....	Labor	Ipswich Electoral district of Ipswich The district of Ipswich is a Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral district on the Brisbane River, west of Brisbane in the Australian state of Queensland...	2001–present
Jason O'Brien Jason O'Brien Jason Danial O'Brien is an Australian politician. Born in Sydney, he served in the Royal Australian Navy from 1986–1990 as an electrician and was a Cairns City Councillor from 2000–2004. A member of the Australian Labor Party, he was electorate officer to Steve Bredhauer, member for...	Labor	Cook Electoral district of Cook The electoral division of Cook is an electoral district in Queensland, Australia.Cook covers the vast Cape York Peninsula north of Cairns, including the resort town of Port Douglas and the Torres Strait Islands...	2004–present
Annastacia Palaszczuk Annastacia Palaszczuk Annastacia Palaszczuk, born 25 July 1969, is an Australian politician. She has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly since September 2006, representing the electorate of Inala....	Labor	Inala Electoral district of Inala The district of Inala is an electoral division in the Queensland Legislative Assembly in the state of Queensland, Australia. This electorate was created at the 1999 redistribution from the former electorate of Archerfield....	2006–present
Jim Pearce	Labor	Fitzroy	1989–2009
Hon Warren Pitt Warren Pitt Frederick Warren Pitt is an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1989 to 1995 and 1998 to 2009.Born in Cairns, Pitt was a school teacher before entering politics...	Labor	Mulgrave Electoral district of Mulgrave (Queensland) The district of Mulgrave is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.The district in its present form is a narrow coastal strip running from the southern suburbs of Cairns at its northern end to Innisfail at its southern end. Mulgrave also includes the...	1989–1995, 1998–2009
Dorothy Pratt Dorothy Pratt Dorothy Ruth "Dolly" Pratt is an Australian politician. Born in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, she was a Justice of the Peace and coffee shop proprietor in Queensland before entering politics. She also worked at cattle sale yards. In 1998, she was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly as...	Independent	Nanango Electoral district of Nanango The district of Nanango is an electoral division in the state of Queensland, Australia.Nanango was the original seat of Sir Joh-Bjelke Petersen . In the 2006 legislative election, incumbent member Dorothy Pratt beat off a strong challenge by the late Bjelke-Petersen's son John to retain the seat...	1998–present
Pat Purcell Pat Purcell Patrick Douglas Purcell is an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1992 to 2009.Purcell was born in the New South Wales town of Cowra...	Labor	Bulimba Electoral district of Bulimba -External links:*...	1992–2009
Phil Reeves Phil Reeves (politician) Philip Gerard "Phil" Reeves is an Australian politician. Born in Brisbane, he received a Bachelor of Arts in Leisure Management from Griffith University and was a sports management and marketing consultant. He joined the Australian Labor Party in 1987 and was Vice-President of the Garden City Branch...	Labor	Mansfield Electoral district of Mansfield The district of Mansfield is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.The district is based in the south-eastern suburbs of Brisbane. It is named for the suburb of Mansfield and also includes the suburbs of Burbank, Rochedale and Wishart...	1998–present
Dianne Reilly Dianne Reilly Dianne Ann Reilly is an Australian politician. She was a Labor member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2009, representing the district of Mudgeeraba....	Labor	Mudgeeraba Electoral district of Mudgeeraba The district of Mudgeeraba is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. Based on the Gold Coast, the district has been held by both sides of politics over the course of its short history....	2001–2009
Hon Mike Reynolds Mike Reynolds (politician) Michael Reynolds is an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1998 to 2009, representing the district of Townsville. He served as Speaker of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 2006 to 2009.- Biography :Reynolds has first elected to...	Labor	Townsville Electoral district of Townsville The district of 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...	1998–2009
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,...	National/LNP	Lockyer Electoral district of Lockyer The district of Lockyer is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.The district consists primarily of Gatton and Laidley Shires and northern parts of Beaudesert Shire. It includes the major town of Gatton and a number of smaller centres including...	2004–present
Neil Roberts Neil Roberts (politician) Neil Stuart Roberts is an Australian politician. He was first elected to the seat of Nudgee in the Queensland State Parliament on 15 July 1995....	Labor	Nudgee Electoral district of Nudgee The district of Nudgee is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. Based in the north-eastern suburbs of Brisbane, the district is a safe seat for the Labor Party.-Members for Nudgee:-Election results:...	1995–present
Hon Stephen Robertson Stephen Robertson (politician) Stephen Robertson , Australian politician, is a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly representing the electoral district of Stretton for the Australian Labor Party. He was the Minister for Natural Resources, Mines and Energy and Minister for Trade in the cabinet of Premier Anna Bligh...	Labor	Stretton Electoral district of Stretton The district of Stretton is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.The district is based in the southern suburbs of Brisbane. It is named for the suburb of Stretton and also includes the suburbs of Calamvale, Eight Mile Plains, Kuraby, Sunnybank...	1992–present
Hon Robert Schwarten Robert Schwarten Robert Evan Schwarten is an Australian politician. He was born in Rockhampton, and is married with two sons. Before his entry into politics, he was a teacher, a union official, and a ministerial advisor to the Deputy Premier. From 1985 to 1991 he was an alderman on Rockhampton City Council...	Labor	Rockhampton Electoral district of Rockhampton The district of Rockhampton is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.Wedged between the electoral districts of Keppel to the east and Mirani to the west, Rockhampton encompasses the bulk of the regional city of Rockhampton and many of its outlying...	1989–1992, 1995–present
Desley Scott Desley Scott Desley Carleton Scott is an Australian Labor Party politician and member for Woodridge in the Parliament of Queensland....	Labor	Woodridge Electoral district of Woodridge The district of Woodridge is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.The district is based in the southern suburbs of Brisbane. It is named for the suburb of Woodridge and also takes in the suburbs of Crestmead, Kingston, Logan Central, Marsden and...	2001–present
Jeff Seeney Jeff Seeney Jeffrey William Seeney is an Australian politician. He has been a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly since the 1998 state election, representing the National Party and merged Liberal National Party ....	National/LNP	Callide Electoral district of Callide The district of Callide is an electoral division in Queensland, Australia.It encompasses agricultural and mining towns in the Burnett, Callide and Dawson valleys...	1998–present
Hon Kerry Shine Kerry Shine Kerry Gerard Shine is the Australian Labor Party representative of the seat of Toowoomba North in the Queensland Legislative Assembly.He first ran for election in the 1998 state election...	Labor	Toowoomba North Electoral district of Toowoomba North The district of Toowoomba North is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created with the 1972 redistribution...	2001–present
Fiona Simpson Fiona Simpson Fiona Stuart Simpson is an Australian politician. She is currently a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland and was the Deputy Leader of the Queensland National Party from 2006 to 2008 and Deputy Leader of the Opposition...	National/LNP	Maroochydore Electoral district of Maroochydore The electoral district of Maroochydore is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.It covers parts of the Sunshine Coast and takes in coastal areas between Coolum Beach and Mooloolaba, including Maroochydore....	1992–present
Christine Smith Christine Smith (politician) Christine Anne Smith, MP is an Australian politician. She represents the electoral district of Burleigh in the Queensland Legislative Assembly, and was first elected at the 2001 State election for the first Australian Labor Party....	Labor	Burleigh Electoral district of Burleigh The division of Burleigh is an electoral division in the Queensland Legislative Assembly, Queensland, Australia.The division of Burleigh is located on the southern Gold Coast, centred on Burleigh Heads. It also includes parts of the Gold Coast suburbs of Miami, Mermaid Beach, Varsity Lakes and Palm...	2001–present
Hon Judy Spence Judy Spence Judith Caroline "Judy" Spence is an Australian politician and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for the Australian Labor Party since the 1989 election. She represented Mount Gravatt until 2009, but after a redistribution she switched to Sunnybank, which covered much of the same territory...	Labor	Mount Gravatt Electoral district of Mount Gravatt Mount Gravatt was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1950 to 2009.The district was based in the southern suburbs of Brisbane...	2001–present
Lawrence Springborg Lawrence Springborg Lawrence James Springborg is an Australian politician and became Deputy Leader of the Opposition in Queensland since 2 April 2009. He was deputy leader of the new Liberal National Party...	National/LNP	Southern Downs Electoral district of Southern Downs The district of Southern Downs is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.The district takes in the southern parts of the Darling Downs region along the New South Wales border. It includes the major towns of Warwick, Stanthorpe and Goondiwindi and...	1989–present
Ray Stevens Ray Stevens (politician) Raymond Alexander Stevens, MP is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal/Liberal National Party member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2006.Born in Townsville, Stevens is married with two children...	Liberal/LNP	Robina Electoral district of Robina Robina was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 2001 to 2009.The district was located in the southern part of the Gold Coast, and named for the suburb of Robina...	2006–present
Barbara Stone Barbara Stone Barbara Gwendoline Stone is an Australian politician. She is a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Springwood and a member of the Australian Labor Party.-Biography:...	Labor	Springwood Electoral district of Springwood The district of Springwood is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.The district is based in the south-eastern suburbs of Brisbane. It is named for suburb of Springwood and also includes the suburbs of Daisy Hill, Loganholme, Rochedale South and...	2001–present
Karen Struthers Karen Struthers Karen Struthers is an Australian politician. She represents the electoral district of Algester in the Queensland Legislative Assembly, having held the seat since its inception at the 2001 state election. She first entered parliament after the 1998 election, winning the seat of Archerfield...	Labor	Algester Electoral district of Algester The division of Algester is an electoral division in the Queensland Legislative Assembly in the state of Queensland, Australia. This electorate was created at the 1999 redistribution from the former electorate of Archerfield, and was contested for the first time at the 2001 state election.It is...	1998–present
Jann Stuckey Jann Stuckey Janet Anne "Jann" Stuckey is an Australian politician representing the division of Currumbin in the Queensland Legislative Assembly. She was first elected on 7 February 2004 as a member of the Liberal Party...	Liberal/LNP	Currumbin Electoral district of Currumbin The district of Currumbin is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.The district lies in the south-east corner of the state, along the New South Wales border. The district takes in southern parts of the Gold Coast and much of its hinterland...	2004–present
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...	Labor	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...	2001–present
Lillian van Litsenburg Lillian van Litsenburg Elisabeth Cornelia Maria "Lillian" van Litsenburg is an Australian Labor Politician in the Queensland State Parliament representing the Electoral district of Redcliffe....	Labor	Redcliffe Electoral district of Redcliffe The district of Redcliffe is a Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral division in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.The division encompasses suburbs to the north and northeast of Brisbane, including Redcliffe, Woody Point, Scarborough, Clontarf and Margate, as well as parts of Kippa-Ring...	2006–present
Craig Wallace Craig Wallace Craig Andrew Wallace is an Australian politician. He is the member for Thuringowa in the Queensland State Parliament, to which he was elected to on 7 February 2004....	Labor	Thuringowa Electoral district of Thuringowa The district of Thuringowa is an electorate in the Legislative Assembly of the state of Queensland, Australia.The division encompasses suburbs of the former City of Thuringowa on the western edge of Townsville in North Queensland, stretching from Deeragun in the north to Kelso in the south...	2004–present
Phil Weightman Phil Weightman Phillip John Weightman is an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 2006 to 2009, representing the district of Cleveland.-External links:*...	Labor	Cleveland Electoral district of Cleveland The district of Cleveland is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.Based in the northern part of Redland City Council, the district includes the suburbs of Wellington Point, Ormiston, Cleveland and Thornlands...	2006–2009
Hon Rod Welford Rod Welford Rodney Jon Welford is the current Chief Executive of the Australian Council of Recycling Inc, the national peak industry body for the recycling industry in Australia...	Labor	Everton Electoral district of Everton The district of Everton is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.The division encompasses suburbs in Brisbane's north west between the Kedron Brook and the South Pine River, including Everton Park, Everton Hills, McDowall and Albany Creek...	1989–2009
Peter Wellington Peter Wellington Peter Wellington is an Independent member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, for the Electoral district of Nicklin. Wellington, along with fellow independent Liz Cunningham, briefly held the balance in power following the 1998 state election...	Independent	Nicklin Electoral district of Nicklin The district of Nicklin is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. The electorate is centred in the Sunshine Coast hinterland, and stretches north to Yandina, south to Eudlo and west to Kenilworth...	1998–present
Hon Dean Wells	Labor	Murrumba Electoral district of Murrumba The district of Murrumba is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.The district is based in the outer northern suburbs of Brisbane. It includes the suburbs of Deception Bay, Kippa-Ring, Murrumba Downs and Rothwell...	1986–present
Wayne Wendt Wayne Wendt Wayne Earl Wendt represents the seat of Ipswich West in the Queensland State Parliament. He is a member of the Labor Government led by Anna Bligh.-References:...	Labor	Ipswich West Electoral district of Ipswich West The district of Ipswich West is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.The district takes in western parts of suburban Ipswich, as well as rural areas further west. It was first created for the 1960 election....	2006–present
Steve Wettenhall Steve Wettenhall Stephen Peter Arthur "Steve" Wettenhall is the Australian Labor Party MP for the Queensland state electorate of Barron River...	Labor	Barron River Electoral district of Barron River -External links:*...	2006–present
Hon Geoff Wilson Geoff Wilson (Australian politician) Geoffrey James "Geoff" Wilson is an Australian politician. Born in Culcairn in New South Wales, he was a barrister on the NSW Supreme Court, the Federal Court and the High Court. He was also a union official. In 1998, he was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly as the Labor member for...	Labor	Ferny Grove Electoral district of Ferny Grove The district of Ferny Grove is one of the 89 electoral districts for the Queensland Legislative Assembly in Australia. It was first created in 1992. It has been represented by Geoff Wilson since 1998.-Members for Ferny Grove:-Election results:...	1998–present

On 13 September 2007, the Labor member for Brisbane Central

Electoral district of Brisbane Central

The district of Brisbane Central is an electoral division in the state of Queensland, Australia.As its name suggests, the electorate covers the central portion of Brisbane. It includes the Brisbane central business district as well as the inner suburbs of Bowen Hills, Fortitude Valley, Herston,...

and Premier, Peter Beattie

Peter Beattie

Peter Douglas Beattie , Australian politician, was the 36th Premier of the Australian state of Queensland for nine years and leader of the Australian Labor Party in that state for eleven and a half years...

, resigned. Labor candidate Grace Grace

Grace Grace

Ignazia Graziella Grace, usually known as Grace Grace is an Australian politician, representing the electoral district of Brisbane Central in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since the October 2007 by-election...

won the resulting by-election on 13 October 2007.

The opposition Liberal and National parties merged to create the Liberal National Party of Queensland on 27 July 2008.

On 5 October 2008, the member for Indooroopilly

Electoral district of Indooroopilly

The district of Indooroopilly is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.The district is based in the western suburbs of Brisbane, and straddles both sides of the Brisbane River. It is named for the suburb of Indooroopilly and also includes the...

, Ronan Lee

Ronan Lee

Ronan Lee is an Irish-Australian political advisor and former Greens member of the Queensland State Parliament. Lee represented the seat of Indooroopilly since he was first elected as an Australian Labor Party member in 2001. Lee joined the Queensland Greens in 2008 citing the Bligh Government's...

, resigned from the Labor Party and joined the Queensland Greens

Queensland Greens

The Queensland Greens is a Green party in the Australian state of Queensland, and a member of the federation of the Australian Greens. The party was founded in November 1991 and made its electoral debut at the 1993 federal election...

, becoming their first ever member of parliament in the state.

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