Joanna Maria Lindgren (born 5 November 1969) is an Australian politician who served as a

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for

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from May 2015 to July 2016. Lindgren was appointed to the Senate on the nomination of the

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to fill the casual vacancy caused by Brett Mason's resignation. She sat with the

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in federal parliament until her defeat at the 2016 federal election. She was the second

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woman to serve in the Senate, after

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. Lindgren joined the

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in 2018 and was an unsuccessful candidate for the Senate at the 2019 federal election.

Early life

Born in

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, Lindgren attended Brigidine College in

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and St Peter Claver College in Riverview, and subsequently went on to

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, receiving a graduate diploma in education after her initial arts degree. Before entering politics, she worked as a high-school teacher in Brisbane, and was also a member of the

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. Lindgren is an

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with Jagera and Mununjali ancestry. Her granduncle,

Neville Bonner Neville Thomas Bonner AO (28 March 19225 February 1999) was an Australian politician, and the first Aboriginal Australian to become a member of the Parliament of Australia. He was appointed by the Queensland Parliament to fill a casual vacancy ...

, was also a senator for Queensland, and was the first

in the Australian Parliament.

Politics

At the 2012 state election, Lindgren contested the seat of Inala, a safe

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seat held by

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(a future

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). She failed to win the seat, but did record a

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(2PP) swing of 14.63 points towards the LNP, finishing with 43.10% of the final 2PP vote. Following the resignation of LNP

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Brett Mason in April 2015, Lindgren was one of nine candidates to contest the casual vacancy, with her chief opponent being

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, a former president of the

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. She won the vote, and at the same time, was also preselected for the third position on the LNP senate ticket at the 2016 federal election.Cameron Atfield (16 May 2015)
"Neville Bonner's great-niece Joanna Lindgren appointed Queensland senator by LNP"
– ''

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''. Retrieved 18 May 2015. A sitting of the Queensland Parliament formally appointed Lindgren to fill the vacancy on 21 May 2015. She chose to join the federal

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partyroom (rather than the Nationals), as LNP members may choose between the two. The ''

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'' reported that Lindgren was a "surprise candidate" who "opposes gay marriage, abortion and euthanasia" after the LNP opposed Glasson's support for homosexual activism. She was defeated at the 2016 federal election. Lindgren joined

Cory Bernardi Cory Bernardi (born 6 November 1969) is an Australian conservative political commentator and former politician. He was a Senator for South Australia from 2006 to 2020, and was the leader of the Australian Conservatives, a minor political party ...

in 2018 and ran on the party's Queensland

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ticket at the 2019 federal election.

Personal life

Lindgren's husband Peter Anderson-Barr is a policeman, and was briefly an LNP candidate for the seat of Logan at the 2012 state election, but withdrew before the close of nominations.Michael McKenna and Sean Parnell (28 January 2012)
"Campbell Newman blindsided by jockeying for spoils of government"
– ''The Australian''. Retrieved 18 May 2015.

References

External links

Parliamentary profile
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Early life

Politics

Personal life

See also

References

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