Jarrod Bleijie

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The Honourable Jarrod Bleijie MP
Attorney-General of Queensland and Minister for Justice
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 April 2012
Premier	Campbell Newman
Preceded by	Paul Lucas
Member of the Queensland Parliament for Kawana
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 March 2009
Preceded by	Steve Dickson
Personal details
Born	(1982-01-25) 25 January 1982 Griffith, New South Wales
Political party	Liberal National Party
Profession	Politician and Lawyer

Jarrod Pieter Bleijie (/ˈbleɪjiː/; born 25 January 1982) is an Australian politician in the Queensland parliament. Bleijie was elected as the member for Kawana at the 2009 state election, and is the third member since the seat's inception at the 2001 state election. On 3 April 2012 he was appointed Attorney-General of Queensland.

Biography

Early life

Jarrod Bleijie was born on January 25, 1982 in Griffith, New South Wales. His father is Pieter Bleijie and his mother, Christine (Cooper) Bleijie. They moved to Caloundra, Queensland in 1989. He attended Griffith Primary School, Caloundra State School, and Caloundra State High School, where he graduated in 2000 as school captain. He studied politics at the University of the Sunshine Coast before transferring to Brisbane to complete a Bachelor of Laws at Queensland University of Technology. He graduated in 2005.

Career as a lawyer

While studying law, Bleijie was employed as an Articled Clerk at the Maroochydore law firm of J J Riba & Company. Following his graduation, he was employed as a solicitor at the Sunshine Coast law firm Sajen Legal. During his legal career, Bleijie specialised in commercial law and management rights.^[1]

Parliamentary career

He was elected to the Parliament of Queensland in 2009, representing the Sunshine Coast electorate of Kawana.

He was promoted to the Shadow Ministry as Shadow Attorney-General and Shadow Minister for Justice and Corrective Services, by then Opposition Leader John-Paul Langbroek in November 2010. Following a leadership change in March 2012, with former Brisbane City Lord Mayor Campbell Newman taking over LNP leadership from outside the parliament, he was reappointed Shadow Attorney-General, maintaining his Justice responsibilities and also taking on Fair Trading. He re-contested and won the state seat of Kawana with a two-party preferred swing of 19.9 percent, holding the seat by a 26.8 percent margin. He now has one of the safest seats in the Queensland Parliament.^[2]

Attorney-General and Minister for Justice

Following a landside victory for the Newman-led Liberal National Party, in March 2012, newly elected premier Campbell Newman appointed Bleijie to Cabinet as Attorney-General and Minister for Justice.^[3]

Personal life

He married Sally (Lennox) on 20 December 2002. They have two daughters and a son.

References

↑ Richard Szabo, 'Is this Queensland's next AG?', Brisbane Legal, 1 November 2011, p.1.
↑ "Kawana". ABC News. 29 March 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
↑ "Premier announces new Ministry". Department of Premier and Cabinet. 20 March 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2012.

External links

Bleijie's Website

Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by Steve Dickson	Member for Kawana 2009–present	Incumbent

v t e Current Members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland

Liberal National (74)	Verity Barton Ros Bates Stephen Bennett Ian Berry Jarrod Bleijie Mark Boothman Robert Cavallucci Sean Choat Jason Costigan Sam Cox Michael Crandon Andrew Cripps David Crisafulli Steve Davies Chris Davis Tracy Davis Jack Dempsey Steve Dickson Aaron Dillaway Peter Dowling Glen Elmes Scott Emerson Bruce Flegg Lisa France Deb Frecklington David Gibson John Grant Darren Grimwade Reg Gulley Michael Hart John Hathaway Howard Hobbs Seath Holswich Vaughan Johnson Ian Kaye David Kempton Gavin King Jon Krause John-Paul Langbroek Mike Latter Mark McArdle John McVeigh Anne Maddern Ted Malone Tim Mander Rosemary Menkens Kerry Millard Steve Minnikin Rob Molhoek Campbell Newman Tim Nicholls Freya Ostapovitch Andrew Powell Michael Pucci Saxon Rice Ian Rickuss Mark Robinson Trevor Ruthenberg Jeff Seeney Anthony Shorten Dale Shuttleworth Fiona Simpson Tarnya Smith Ted Sorensen Lawrence Springborg Ray Stevens Mark Stewart Jann Stuckey Neil Symes Michael Trout Ian Walker Trevor Watts Jason Woodforth Bruce Young

Labor (7)	Bill Byrne Jo-Ann Miller Tim Mulherin Annastacia Palaszczuk Curtis Pitt Desley Scott Jackie Trad

Katter's Aust. Party (3)	Ray Hopper Rob Katter Shane Knuth

Palmer United Party (2)	Alex Douglas Carl Judge

Independents (2)	Liz Cunningham Peter Wellington

v t e Current members and assistants of the Cabinet of Queensland

Ministers	Campbell Newman Jeff Seeney Jarrod Bleijie Andrew Cripps David Crisafulli Tracy Davis Steve Dickson Jack Dempsey Glen Elmes Scott Emerson John-Paul Langbroek Tim Mander Mark McArdle John McVeigh Tim Nicholls Andrew Powell Lawrence Springborg Jann Stuckey Ian Walker

Assistant Ministers	Robert Cavallucci Chris Davis Lisa France Deb Frecklington David Kempton Gavin King Ted Malone Steve Minnikin Rob Molhoek Saxon Rice Tarnya Smith Ray Stevens

Persondata
Name	Bleijie, Jarrod
Alternative names
Short description	Australian politician
Date of birth	25 January 1982
Place of birth	Griffith, New South Wales, Australia
Date of death
Place of death

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