Peter Lindsay

The Honourable Peter Lindsay
Member of the Australian Parliament for Herbert
In office 2 March 1996 – 19 July 2010
Preceded by	Ted Lindsay
Succeeded by	Ewen Jones
Personal details
Born	4 May 1944 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Liberal Party of Australia
Occupation	Journalist

Billboard for the 2007 election

Peter John Lindsay (born 4 May 1944), Australian politician, was a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian House of Representatives from March 1996 to July 2010, representing the Division of Herbert, Queensland. In January 2007 he was appointed to the position of Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Defence in the Howard Government. He was born in Brisbane, Queensland, and was a television station production manager and General Manager of Townsville Television from 1972 to 1996 before entering politics. He was a member of the City of Townsville City Council from 1985 to 1996.^[1]

In January 2010, Lindsay announced he would not contest the 2010 federal election.^[2] Then in 2011, Lindsay became a strategic advisor for Origin Net, a telecommunications company headquartered in Sydney and in 2012, Lindsay was appointed as the Chairman of Guildford Coal.^[3] In 2014, Lindsay accepted the appointment of Deputy Chancellor James Cook University^[4]

References

1. The Hon Peter Lindsay MP, Member for Herbert (Qld), Parliament of Australia, 20 January 2010.
2. Lyons, Niki: Lindsay quits politics, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 27 January 2010.
3. Avery, Mike (18 April 2012). "Guildford Appoints Independent Chairman" (PDF). asx.com.au. ASX. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
4. Davis, Richard (17 June 2014). "JCU's New Governing Body". http://www-public.jcu.edu.au/. JCU. Retrieved 3 September 2015. External link in |website= (help)

External links

• Search or browse Hansard for Peter Lindsay at OpenAustralia.org
• Peter Lindsay's personal homepage
• Official Parliamentary Biography