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 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.