William Bond Ingpen Flynn (9 October 1951 – 23 April 2011) was an Australian politician. Born in

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, he served as a British police officer for six years before he became an

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in 1984. He remained a policeman, serving in

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, Woodridge,

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and Beaudesert. In 2000, he was presented with a National Medal. In 2001, Flynn was elected to the

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as the member for Lockyer, representing

Pauline Hanson Pauline Lee Hanson (''née'' Seccombe, formerly Zagorski; born 27 May 1954) is an Australian politician who is the founder and leader of One Nation, a right-wing populist political party. Hanson has represented Queensland in the Australian ...

's One Nation. He was elected leader of the parliamentary party in March 2001, shortly after the election. The resignation of Elisa Roberts from the party left Flynn with only one colleague,

Rosa Lee Long Rosa Therese Lee Long (née Schmid, born 2 October 1945) is a former member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland representing the electorate of Tablelands in Northern Queensland, Australia for the One Nation Party. Lee Long served three ...

. In the 2004 election, he defended his seat of Lockyer but lost it to National Party candidate

Ian Rickuss Ian Phillip Rickuss (born 27 July 1954) is an Australian politician. Born in Brisbane, he was a bank clerk and horticulturist before entering politics. In 2004, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland as the National Party me ...

, leaving Lee Long as One Nation's last MP. He unsuccessfully contested the seat of

in the 2004 federal election. Flynn died suddenly after a collapse on 23 April 2011.http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/documents/hansard/2011/2011_05_10_WEEKLY.pdf

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1951 births 2011 deaths One Nation members of the Parliament of Queensland Politicians from Dorset English emigrants to Australia British police officers Australian police officers Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 21st-century Australian politicians {{Australia-politician-stub