Geoffrey James Wilson (born 5 November 1952) is a former Australian politician.
Early life and career
Born in
Culcairn
Culcairn () is a town in the south-east Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. Culcairn is located in the Greater Hume Shire local government area on the Olympic Highway between Albury and Wagga Wagga. The town is south-west of the sta ...
in
New South Wales
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, he was a barrister and union official before entering the Legislative Assembly.
Member of parliament
In
1998
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, he was elected to the
Legislative Assembly of Queensland
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as the
Labor
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member for
Ferny Grove, which he represented until 2012.
From January 2002 until October 2006 he Chaired the Parliamentary Crime and Misconduct Committee.
Government Minister
He was appointed Minister for Mines and Energy in September 2006 by
Peter Beattie
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Beattie was born in Sy ...
, and continued in that post after
Anna Bligh
Anna Maria Bligh (born 14 July 1960) is a lobbyist and former Australian politician who served as the 37th Premier of Queensland, in office from 2007 to 2012 as leader of the Labor Party. She was the first woman to hold either position. In 2 ...
took over as
Premier
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a year later.
Following the
2009 election, he was named Minister for Education and Training. In the February 2011 reshuffle, he was appointed Minister for Health. He served in that post until Labor's loss at
2012 election, in which Wilson lost his seat to the LNP.
References
1952 births
Living people
People from Culcairn
Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland
21st-century Australian politicians
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