Naomi Kate Wynn Wilson (born 27 January 1940) is a former teacher and Tanzanian-born

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n politician, who was a National Party member of the

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from 1995 to 1998, as which she represented the district of Mulgrave. Wilson is the daughter of the Welsh Anglican Bishop of Central Tanganyika, William (Bill) Wynn Jones, and of Ruth L. Minton Taylor, and the great-granddaughter of the former senator and

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. Wilson was born in

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(now

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). Wilson was a Mulgrave Shire councillor from 1991 to 1995. Wilson entered state parliament at the 1995 state election by defeating incumbent Labor Party MP

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for the seat of Mulgrave. When the National Party came to power under the leadership

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in February 1996, Wilson was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Families, Youth and Community Care. In February 1998 she won promotion to the ministry, becoming the Minister for Families, Youth and Community Care. Wilson held this position until her defeat the following June at the 1998 state election, where she finished in third place behind Labor's Warren Pitt and victorious One Nation candidate

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. When Rappolt prematurely retired in late 1998 Wilson stood as the endorsed National Party candidate for the Mulgrave by-election, in which she lost slightly to Labor's Warren Pitt. Wilson stood as the National Party candidate in the neighbouring district

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during the 2001 state election in which she was defeated by incumbent Labor MP

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1940 births Living people National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Queensland Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Tanzanian emigrants to Australia Women members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly {{Australia-National-politician-stub