Tony FitzGerald

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Not to be confused with the Australian judge Tony Fitzgerald.

Andrew Anthony (Tony) FitzGerald (born 22 February 1940; Gatton, Queensland) is a former Queensland, Australia, National Party politician who served in the state's Legislative Assembly for Lockyer from 1980 to 1998. He was the Government Whip under Premiers Joh Bjelke-Petersen and Mike Ahern from 7 February 1987 to 31 August 1989, when Ahern promoted him to Minister of Justice. He served in that role until Russell Cooper won a leadership spill on 25 September of that year and moved Fitzgerald to Minister for Community Services and Minister for Emergency Services and Administrative Services, a role he served in until the Coalition lost power on 7 December 1989 after the 1989 election. He served as Shadow Minister for Mines and Energy under Cooper. Robert Borbidge made him Justice and Corrective Services spokesman after winning the leadership in December 1991. He was appointed Leader of Coalition Business in November 1992, in which capacity he served as Leader of the Opposition Business until February 1996, and Leader of the House until he lost his seat at the 1998 election.

References

Re-Member Database, Parliament of Queensland.

Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by Tony Bourke	Member for Lockyer 1980–1998	Succeeded by Peter Prenzler

Persondata
Name	Firzgerald, Tony
Alternative names
Short description	Australian politician
Date of birth	22 February 1940
Place of birth	Gatton, Queensland, Australia
Date of death
Place of death

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