John Szczerbanik (born 20 March 1957) is a former Australian politician. He was born in

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, and worked as a registered nurse before entering politics. He was elected to the

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in 1989 as the

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member for

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, and he served as a backbencher until his defeat by National Party candidate

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in 1995.

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1957 births Living people Politicians from Sydney Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Australian nurses Australian people of Polish descent Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland {{Australia-Labor-Queensland-MP-stub