Jeffrey Alan Knuth (born 9 March 1962) is an Australian politician.
Biography
Born in
Ayr
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,
Queensland
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, he was a painter and decorator before entering politics. In 1998, he was elected to the
Legislative Assembly of Queensland
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as a member of
Pauline Hanson's
One Nation, representing the seat of
Burdekin
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It covers an area of , and has existe ...
. He was party whip and spokesperson for Public Works and Housing until 23 February 1999, when he resigned from the party to sit as an
independent
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. On 5 August, he formed the Country Party Queensland (initially known as New Country Party QLD) as a splinter group from One Nation, but on 18 February 2000 joined the larger
City Country Alliance
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, led by
Bill Feldman
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.
He was defeated by
Labor
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's
Steve Rodgers in 2001, and contested the seat in the
2004 state election as an independent with the support of federal independent MP
Bob Katter
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. While he lost, his preferences were enough to help the
Nationals'
Rosemary Menkens defeat Rodgers. He later became aligned with the national
New Country Party.
His brother,
Shane Knuth
Shane Andrew Knuth (born 7 September 1966) is an Australian politician. He has been a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2004, representing three successive seats: Charters Towers (2004–2009), Dalrymple (2009–2017) and Hil ...
, won the seat of
Charters Towers
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for the
National Party and later joined
Katter's Australian Party
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with Jeff.
He rejoined
One Nation in 2014. The following year, he contested the
2015 state election in the seat of
Thuringowa as a One Nation candidate. He was unsuccessful in winning the seat, polling fourth with 7.4% of the vote.
References
1962 births
Living people
One Nation members of the Parliament of Queensland
Independent members of the Parliament of Queensland
Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
House painters
21st-century Australian politicians
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