Brian David Valentine Lindsay (born 22 January 1937) is an Australian politician. He was a

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member of the

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from 1974 until 1977, representing the electorate of Everton. Lindsay was born in Ashgrove, the grandson of Labor Senator John MacDonald, and was educated at St Finbar's Convent and Marist Brothers College. He attended the

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from 1955 to 1958, then entered the military, serving with the

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from 1959 to 1963 and with the regular army in

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, and in the

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. He was mentioned in despatches for distinguished active service in South Vietnam in 1968–1969, but was discharged with the rank of major as a result of injuries suffered in Vietnam. Lindsay subsequently studied to become a teacher, variously attending Melbourne Teacher's College, Kelvin Grove Teachers College and the

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. He taught at Marist Brothers College from 1973 until his election to parliament the following year. Lindsay was elected to the Legislative Assembly at the 1974 state election, winning the usually safe Labor seat of Everton amidst the Liberal-National landslide victory that year. He differed from Premier

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on the issue of

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, favouring their removal more slowly than that sought by Bjelke-Petersen, and later antagonised gay and lesbian activists by, in response to debate about whether gay teachers should be allowed in Queensland, requesting assurance from the Education Minister that 'young men and women with such unfortunate and unnatural personal lifestyles are never admitted to the profession'. He was defeated by Labor candidate

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at the 1977 election. Lindsay is married with one son and one daughter.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lindsay, Brian 1937 births Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Queensland Living people Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Politicians from Brisbane University of Queensland alumni Royal Military College, Duntroon graduates Australian Army officers Australian military personnel of the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation Australian military personnel of the Malayan Emergency Australian military personnel of the Vietnam War Military personnel from Brisbane