Tom Barton
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Tom Barton is a former member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. He was first elected in 1992 as the member for Waterford and retired at the 2006 Queensland Election.
He was Minister for Environment and Heritage under the Goss government from 1995 to 1996. In the first Beattie government (1998–2001) he was minister for Police and Corrective Services, under the second Beattie government (2001–2004) Minister for State Development. And Minister of Employment, Training and Industrial Relations in the third Beattie government (2004–2006).
He was also a member of the ACTU Wages Committee from 1984 to 1992 and was a founding director of sunsuper, the largest superannuation fund in Queensland.
Barton is also a qualified tradesman and he enjoys motor racing and rugby league.
