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 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 1961–1965. 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. "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.