Amanda Jane Camm (born 18 April 1979) is a member of the
Parliament of Queensland
The Parliament of Queensland is the legislature of Queensland, Australia. As provided under the Constitution of Queensland, the Parliament consists of the Monarch of Australia and the Legislative Assembly. It has been the only unicameral s ...
representing the
Liberal Nationals.
She first stood for the seat of
Whitsunday
Whitsun (also Whitsunday or Whit Sunday) is the name used in Britain, and other countries among Anglicans and Methodists, for the Christian High Holy Day of Pentecost. It is the seventh Sunday after Easter, which commemorates the descent of the H ...
as a member of
Katter's Australian Party
Katter's Australian Party (KAP) is an agrarian political party in Australia. It was founded by Bob Katter, an independent and former Nationals MP for the seat of Kennedy, with a registration application lodged to the Australian Electoral Co ...
in the
2012 Queensland State election
The 2012 Queensland state election was held on 24 March 2012 to elect all 89 members of the Legislative Assembly, a unicameral parliament.
The Labor Party (ALP), led by Premier Anna Bligh, was defeated by the opposition Liberal National Pa ...
.
Camm was elected deputy mayor of the Mackay Regional Council in April 2016. She was a candidate for the
Australian Senate in May 2019 but, being placed fifth on the LNP ticket, was not elected.
At the
2020 Queensland state election Camm defeated
Jason Costigan in the seat of Whitsunday.
Her great-uncle was
Ron Camm
Ronald Ernest Camm (22 July 1914 – 15 March 1988) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
Biography
Camm was born in Emerald, Queensland, Emerald, Queensland, the son of Jonathan Robert Camm and his wife Tassie (née Johnson). H ...
, a grazier who held the seat of Whitsunday for the National Country Party from 1961 to 1980.
References
Living people
1979 births
Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
21st-century Australian politicians
Women members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
Members of the Parliament of Queensland
Liberal National Party of Queensland politicians
21st-century Australian women politicians
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