Michael Hart (Australian politician)

Michael Hart MP

Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Burleigh
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 March 2012
Preceded by	Christine Smith
Personal details
Born	Michael James Hart (1960-06-19) 19 June 1960 Bega, New South Wales, Australia
Political party	Liberal National Party of Queensland

Michael James Hart (born 19 June 1960) is an Australian Liberal National politician who is the member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Burleigh, having defeated Christine Smith at the 2012 state election^[1] then being re-elected at the January 31 election in 2015.

Michael was born in Bega on 19 June 1960. Before his entry into the Queensland parliament he was the company director and CEO of Mastercut Technologies. He is a qualified aircraft maintenance engineer. He is a longtime follower and supporter of Surf Life Saving Queensland, having been president of the Pacific Life Saving Club in his electorate in 2011–2012 and subsequently the patron of the South Coast branch of SLSQ. ^[2]

Michael moved to the Gold Coast in 1986 with his family, including wife Sally and three children Tim, Hayden and Jessica. ^[3]

In his maiden speech in government he emphasized his belief in small government with minimal regulation, stating "I believe good government needs to ensure the population is secure from interference from the actions of others. If a government just does that one thing, I believe it succeeds." ^[4]

He is currently the Deputy Chair of the Queensland Parliamentary Committee for Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources as well as sitting on the Speaker's Panel.^[5]

References

Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by Christine Smith	Member for Burleigh 2012–present	Incumbent

Current Members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland

Labor (43)	Mark Bailey Nikki Boyd Don Brown Glenn Butcher Bill Byrne Craig Crawford Yvette D'Ath Mick de Brenni Cameron Dick Leanne Donaldson Leeanne Enoch Di Farmer Shannon Fentiman Mark Furner Julieanne Gilbert Grace Grace Aaron Harper Stirling Hinchliffe Jennifer Howard Kate Jones Joe Kelly Shane King Brittany Lauga Leanne Linard Anthony Lynham Jim Madden Steven Miles Jo-Ann Miller Coralee O'Rourke Annastacia Palaszczuk Jim Pearce Joan Pease Duncan Pegg Curtis Pitt Linus Power Rob Pyne Peter Russo Mark Ryan Bruce Saunders Scott Stewart Jackie Trad Chris Whiting Rick Williams

Liberal National (42)	Verity Barton Ros Bates Stephen Bennett Jarrod Bleijie Mark Boothman Jason Costigan Sid Cramp Michael Crandon Andrew Cripps Tracy Davis Steve Dickson Glen Elmes Scott Emerson Deb Frecklington Michael Hart Jon Krause John-Paul Langbroek Dale Last Ann Leahy Tim Mander Mark McArdle Matt McEachan John McVeigh Lachlan Millar Steve Minnikin Rob Molhoek Tim Nicholls Tony Perrett Andrew Powell Ian Rickuss Mark Robinson Christian Rowan Jeff Seeney Fiona Simpson Tarnya Smith Ted Sorensen Lawrence Springborg Ray Stevens Jann Stuckey Ian Walker Trevor Watts Pat Weir

Katter's Aust. Party (2)	Rob Katter Shane Knuth

Independents (2)	Billy Gordon Peter Wellington

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