Robert Clinton James Skelton (born 11 March 1974) is an Australian politician. He has been the Labor Party State member for Nicklin in the

Queensland Legislative Assembly The Legislative Assembly of Queensland is the sole chamber of the unicameral Parliament of Queensland established under the Constitution of Queensland. Elections are held every four years and are done by full preferential voting. The Assembly ...

since 2020. Before his election, Skelton served for 10 years in the

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in the

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and the

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. Afterwards, he worked as a firefighter rising to the rank of leading firefighter at

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1974 births Living people Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland 21st-century Australian politicians Labor Right politicians {{Australia-Labor-Queensland-MP-stub