Ken Turner (politician)

Ken Turner
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Thuringowa
In office
13 June 1998  7 February 2001
Preceded by Ken McElligott
Succeeded by Anita Phillips
Personal details
Born Kenneth Turner
(1944-05-06) 6 May 1944
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Nationality Australian
Political party Independent
Other political
affiliations
Pauline Hanson's One Nation
Occupation Commercial fisherman

Kenneth "Ken" Turner (born 6 May 1944) is a former Australian politician. He was born in Brisbane. Before his involvement in politics he was a commercial fisherman, and served in the Citizens Military Force 19611965. In 1998 he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland as a member of Pauline Hanson's One Nation, representing the seat of Thuringowa.[1] He was appointed Spokesperson for Communication, Local Government, Planning, Regional and Rural Communities, Environment, Heritage and Natural Resources, and Primary Industries on 7 August. On 6 February 1999, together with party colleagues Dorothy Pratt and Shaun Nelson, he resigned from One Nation to sit as an independent.[1] He was defeated by Labor's Anita Phillips in 2001. He contested Thuringowa again at the 2009 state election against sitting Labor MP Craig Wallace, but received only around 11% of the vote.

References

  1. 1 2 "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by
Ken McElligott
Member for Thuringowa
19982001
Succeeded by
Anita Phillips


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