Max Menzel

Max Menzel
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Mulgrave
In office
29 November 1980  2 December 1989
Preceded by Roy Armstrong
Succeeded by Warren Pitt
Personal details
Born Max Richard Menzel
(1941-03-30) 30 March 1941
Tully, Queensland, Australia
Nationality Australian
Political party National Party
Spouse(s) Margaret Dell'Alba (m.1981)
Religion Roman Catholic

Max Richard Menzel (born 30 March 1941) is a former Australian politician.

He was born in Tully in Queensland to Richard Franz Menzel and Dulcie Margaret, née Kelly. He was a canegrower before entering politics. On 28 August 1981 he married Margaret Dell'Alba, with whom he had a son. In 1980 he was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly as the National Party member for Mulgrave. He was Temporary Chairman of Committees from 1983 to 1986. Menzel was defeated in 1989.[1]

Following his defeat, Menzel left the National Party. He ran for Mulgrave as an independent in 1992, and his wife Margaret ran for the federal seat of Dawson in 2004 as part of a loose group of independents endorsed by Bob Katter.[2] In August 2012 he was elected president of Katter's Australian Party following the dismissal of Rowell Walton.[3] Menzel resigned from both the position and the party in April 2013.[4]

References

  1. Menzel, Mr Max Richard; Government of Queensland. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  2. Bowe, William (26 August 2004). "Sugaring the poll". The Poll Bludger. Crikey.
  3. McCutcheon, Peter (22 August 2012). "Katter's Australia Party faces damaging split". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  4. Howells, Melinda (15 April 2013). "Troubled Katter's Australian Party loses another president". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by
Roy Armstrong
Member for Mulgrave
19801989
Succeeded by
Warren Pitt


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