Coralee Jane O'Rourke is a former Australian politician. She was the

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member for Mundingburra in the

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from 2015 until retirement in 2020.

Early life and education

O'Rourke attended Queensland University of Technology and completed a bachelor's degree in Education (Early Childhood) and was the Director of a community-based early learning centre in Aitkenvale (Townsville) prior to her election to Parliament on 31 January 2015.

Political career

O'Rourke was sworn in as Minister for Disability Services, Minister for Seniors and Minister Assisting the Premier on North Queensland in the Palaszczuk Ministry on 16 February 2015. She currently lives in Townsville with her husband and their two teenaged children. On 5 September 2020, O'Rourke announced that she would not be running in the 2020 Queensland election.

Personal life

On 24 October 2018, O'Rourke publicly announced that she had been diagnosed with

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a week earlier.

References

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