Paul Braddy

Paul Braddy
28th Deputy Premier of Queensland
In office
22 November 2000 – 30 November 2000
Premier Peter Beattie
Preceded by Jim Elder
Succeeded by Terry Mackenroth
Constituency Rockhampton
Kedron
Personal details
Born January 20, 1939 (1939-01-20) (age 73)
Nationality Australian
Political party Australian Labor Party

Paul Joseph Braddy (born 20 January 1939), Australian state politician, a solicitor before entering politics.[1] He was served as an alderman in the Rockhampton City Council for three years from 1979.[2] He entered the Queensland Parliament at a by-election for Rockhampton in 1985.[1] Braddy represented Rockhampton until 1995, when he changed to the seat of Kedron, where he remained the sitting member until his retirement.[3] 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.[1] 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.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Koch, A; Madigan, M (12 April 1999). "Senior Minister to Quit". The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Australia): p. 7. 
  2. ^ "Paul Braddy (ALP)". Northside Chronicle (Brisbane, Australia): p. 8. 10 June 1998. 
  3. ^ "Braddy Plans to Quit". North West News (Brisbane, Australia): p. 1. 14 April 1999.