He was born in Bundaberg and worked as an electrical fitter, mechanic and power station operator before entering politics. A member of the Labor Party, he served as secretary and treasurer of the party's Gladstone branch. In 1992 he was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly as the member for Gladstone. He served until 1995, when he was defeated by independent candidate Liz Cunningham.[1]
neil, bennett, politician, neil, patrick, bennett, born, february, 1958, former, australian, politician, neil, bennettmember, queensland, legislative, assembly, gladstonein, office, september, 1992, july, 1995preceded, bynew, seatsucceeded, byliz, cunninghampe. Neil Patrick Bennett born 28 February 1958 is a former Australian politician Neil BennettMember of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for GladstoneIn office 19 September 1992 15 July 1995Preceded byNew seatSucceeded byLiz CunninghamPersonal detailsBornNeil Patrick Bennett 1958 02 28 28 February 1958 age 66 Bundaberg Queensland AustraliaPolitical partyLaborOccupationElectrical mechanic He was born in Bundaberg and worked as an electrical fitter mechanic and power station operator before entering politics A member of the Labor Party he served as secretary and treasurer of the party s Gladstone branch In 1992 he was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly as the member for Gladstone He served until 1995 when he was defeated by independent candidate Liz Cunningham 1 References edit Former Members Parliament of Queensland 2015 Retrieved 7 February 2015 Parliament of Queensland New seat Member for Gladstone1992 1995 Succeeded byLiz Cunningham nbsp This article about an Australian Labor Party member of the Parliament of Queensland is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Neil Bennett politician amp oldid 1038666900, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,