Len Stephan

Len Stephan
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Gympie
In office
1 September 1979  17 February 2001
Preceded by Max Hodges
Succeeded by Elisa Roberts
Personal details
Born Leonard William Stephan
(1935-07-25)25 July 1935
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Died 2 September 2012(2012-09-02) (aged 77)
Gympie, Queensland, Australia
Nationality Australian
Political party National Party
Occupation Farmer

Leonard William (Len) Stephan (25 July 1935 2 September 2012) was an Australian politician. He was a National Party of Australia member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1979 to 2001, representing the electorate of Gympie.

Born in Brisbane, Stephan was a farmer, Shire of Widgee councillor, and Gympie Agricultural Society president before entering politics. He was elected to the safe National seat of Gympie at the 1979 state election. He served as Deputy Government Whip from 1987 to 1989, and Government Whip from September to December 1989. He briefly served in the shadow ministry under Russell Cooper and Rob Borbidge in the early 1990s, serving as Opposition Spokesman on Regional Development and Forestry from 1990 to 1991, and Opposition Spokesman on Forestry and Administrative Services from 1991 to 1992, but had returned to the backbench by the National Party's 1995 election victory.

Stephan won his closest re-election in many years in 1998 against a One Nation candidate; he retired at the 2001 state election, at which the National Party lost Gympie to One Nation's Elisa Roberts.[1][2]

References

  1. "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  2. Psephos. "Results of the Election of 13 June 1998". Retrieved 17 May 2010.
Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by
Max Hodges
Member for Gympie
1979 2001
Succeeded by
Elisa Roberts


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