Rob Katter

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Rob Katter MP
State Leader of Katter's Australian Party
In office 26 April 2012 – 29 November 2012
Preceded by	Aidan McLindon
Succeeded by	Ray Hopper
Member of the Queensland Parliament for Mount Isa
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 March 2012
Preceded by	Betty Kiernan
Personal details
Born	Robert Ignatius Katter (1977-03-03) 3 March 1977
Political party	Katter's Australian Party
Relations	Bob Katter Sr. (grandfather) Bob Katter Jr. (father) Carl Robert Katter (half-uncle)

Robert Ignatius "Rob" Katter (born 3 March 1977) is an Australian politician who is the member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Mount Isa, having defeated Betty Kiernan at the 2012 state election.^[1]

He is the son of Bob Katter, the federal member for Kennedy, and is a member of Katter's Australian Party. After his election to the Legislative Assembly, he assumed the parliamentary leadership of Katter's Australian Party, but on 29 November 2012, it was announced that he had been succeeded as leader by Ray Hopper, and would become the party's "parliamentary secretary".^[2]

References

↑ Mount Isa - Queensland Votes 2012 - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
↑ Hurst, Daniel (2012-11-29). "LNP defector clinches Katter party leadership". brisbanetimes.com.au. Retrieved 2012-12-19.

Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by Betty Kiernan	Member for Mount Isa 2012–present	Incumbent

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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

Persondata
Name	Katter, Rob
Alternative names
Short description	Australian politician
Date of birth	3 March 1977
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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