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1166:Cynthia Lui
1111:Grace Grace
1101:Mark Furner
1041:Mark Bailey
972:Member for
950:Member for
879:Judy Spence
816:news.com.au
528:, Australia
478:Preceded by
436:Preceded by
394:Preceded by
358:Preceded by
284:Preceded by
273:Jeff Seeney
228:Preceded by
126:Judy Spence
121:Preceded by
86:Jeff Seeney
74:Curtis Pitt
69:Preceded by
25:Ray Stevens
1572:Categories
1445:Dan Purdie
1395:Tim Mander
1370:Jon Krause
1286:Les Walker
1216:Joan Pease
1151:Shane King
1136:Jason Hunt
1056:Jonty Bush
1046:Nikki Boyd
956:2006–2009
921:1995–1997
894:2012–2015
763:5 February
736:References
639:Gold Coast
623:Townsville
617:Early life
581:Occupation
566:Alma mater
526:Townsville
516:1953-02-01
1385:Ann Leahy
1380:Dale Last
1310:Ros Bates
1266:Tom Smith
1246:Mark Ryan
1231:Jess Pugh
1141:Joe Kelly
1091:Di Farmer
1051:Don Brown
982:Incumbent
967:New seat
944:Bob Quinn
796:14 August
704:With the
684:Bob Quinn
468:In office
426:In office
399:Bob Quinn
384:In office
337:Incumbent
311:(Housing)
260:In office
208:In office
170:In office
101:In office
49:In office
1475:Pat Weir
1146:Ali King
910:Lex Bell
850:Archived
820:Archived
790:Archived
635:Richmond
621:Born in
605:for the
557:Children
1022:of the
888:of the
856:18 June
826:18 June
110:Premier
1524:Greens
952:Robina
680:Robina
376:Robina
269:Leader
217:Leader
179:Leader
58:Leader
1032:Labor
350:
1303:(35)
1034:(51)
858:2016
828:2016
798:2015
765:2009
668:1997
664:1995
629:and
573:and
510:Born
374:for
326:for
1550:(1)
1526:(2)
1492:(4)
1574::
844:.
814:.
788:.
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744:^
670:.
518:)
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1005:t
998:v
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830:.
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