Denver Beanland

Denver Edward Beanland (born 26 January 1945), Australian state politician. Denver was elected as an Alderman of the Brisbane City Council in 1976 and served on that Council, including a period as Deputy Lord Mayor of Brisbane until 1986. Denver was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly, in 1986, as the member for Toowong. He represented Toowong until 1992, at which time it was renamed Indooroopilly.^[1]

Denver Beanland was leader of the Liberal Party when he was ousted by Joan Sheldon. Although he did not return to the Liberal leadership he did however became Deputy leader in 1995.

Denver Beanland served as Attorney-General in the Borbidge government from February 1996 to 20 June 1998.^[1] He also served as Opposition Spokesperson, prior to 1996, for a number of portfolios including Justice, Transport and Land Management.^[2] He lost his seat of Indooroopilly at the 2001 state election.^[3] He subsequently successfully undertook a doctorate in history at the University of Queensland.

References

^ ^a ^b "Despite snaring the seat of Indooroopilly by a mere 200 votes after preferences were allocated, Denver Beanland 's political future is still up in the air.". South West News (Brisbane, Australia): p. 0. 24 June 1998.
^ "Liberals Line-Up". South West News (Brisbane, Australia): p. 3. 8 July 1998.
^ "Indooroopilly tenure over for Beanland". South West News (Brisbane, Australia): p. 4. 7 March 2001.

Political offices
Preceded by Angus Innes	Parliamentary Leader of the Liberal Party in Queensland 1990–1991	Succeeded by Joan Sheldon

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Name	Beanland, Denver
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Short description	Australian politician
Date of birth	26 January 1945
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