Paul Joseph Braddy (born 20 January 1939) is an Australian state politician.

Early life

He was a

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before entering politics and served as an

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in the Rockhampton City Council for three years from 1979.

Political career

He entered the

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at a by-election for

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in 1985. Braddy represented Rockhampton until 1995, when he changed to the seat of Kedron, where he remained the sitting member until his retirement. He was, at various times, Minister for Education, Minister for Police and Emergency Services and Minister for Police and Corrective Services in the Goss Labor Government, and Minister for Employment, Training and Industrial Relations under

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. He was briefly Deputy Premier of Queensland following the resignation of

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and the appointment of

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. In 1999, Braddy announced his intended resignation from politics after his seat of Kedron was abolished. He said that he did not intend to contest the next state election.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Braddy, Paul 1939 births Living people Deputy Premiers of Queensland Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Australian solicitors Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland 21st-century Australian politicians