Paul Braddy
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Paul Joseph Braddy Australia
n state politician, a solicitor before entering politics. He was served as an alderman
in the Rockhampton City Council for three years from 1979. He entered the Queensland Parliament at a by-election for Rockhampton
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 Peter Beattie
. Braddy resigned from politics in 1999 after his seat of Kedron was abolished, announcing that he did not intend to contest the next state election.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n state politician, a solicitor before entering politics. He was served as an alderman
Alderman
An alderman is a member of a municipal assembly or council in many jurisdictions founded upon English law. The term may be titular, denoting a high-ranking member of a borough or county council, a council member chosen by the elected members themselves rather than by popular vote, or a council...
in the Rockhampton City Council for three years from 1979. He entered the Queensland Parliament at a by-election for Rockhampton
Electoral district of Rockhampton
The district of Rockhampton is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.Wedged between the electoral districts of Keppel to the east and Mirani to the west, Rockhampton encompasses the bulk of the regional city of Rockhampton and many of its outlying...
in 1985. Braddy represented Rockhampton until 1995, when he changed to the seat of Kedron
Electoral district of Kedron
Kedron was the name of two incarnations of an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.Both districts were based in the northern suburbs of Brisbane and named for the suburb of Kedron. The first existed from 1950 to 1972 and the second from 1992 to...
, 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 Peter Beattie
Peter Beattie
Peter Douglas Beattie , Australian politician, was the 36th Premier of the Australian state of Queensland for nine years and leader of the Australian Labor Party in that state for eleven and a half years...
. Braddy resigned from politics in 1999 after his seat of Kedron was abolished, announcing that he did not intend to contest the next state election.