Peter Wood (4 November 1935 – 24 January 2010) was an Australian politician. Wood and his identical twin brother

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were the sons of Les Wood, also a

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politician. Peter was elected to the

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in 1966, representing Toowoomba East; he moved to Toowoomba South in 1972 but was defeated in 1974. Following his defeat Wood spent 22 years on

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, serving as deputy mayor for 12 of those. He moved to

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in 2007 and died from cancer in 2010.

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1935 births 2010 deaths Identical twin politicians Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly People from Toowoomba Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland {{Australia-Labor-Queensland-MP-stub