Verity Barton

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Verity Barton MP
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Broadwater
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 March 2012
Preceded by	Peta-Kaye Croft
Constituency	Broadwater
Majority	11.29%
Personal details
Born	(1985-08-06) 6 August 1985 Leeds, United Kingdom
Political party	Liberal National Party of Queensland
Residence	Biggera Waters, Queensland
Profession	Media officer, retail assistant
Religion	Roman Catholic
Website	Verity Barton on Facebook

Verity Mary Barton (born 6 August 1985) is an Australian politician who is the Liberal National member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Broadwater, having defeated Peta-Kaye Croft at the 2012 state election.^[1]

Barton was educated at All Hallows' School in Brisbane. She went onto further studies in Law and Politics at Bond University on the Gold Coast and Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago, Illinois. ^[2] Prior to her election she worked for George Brandis who is currently Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, Shadow Attorney-General and Shadow Minister for the Arts.

Aged 26 years, 7 months and 18 days old when first elected, Barton is the youngest woman ever elected to the Queensland Parliament.^[3] Barton is a member of the Legal Affairs and Community Safety Committee and she has been appointed as Temporary Chair of Committees, a role which sees her serve as an acting Deputy Speaker in the Parliament.^[2]

Barton joined LNP-predecessor the former Liberal Party at 17 and is a third-generation member. She has held various senior local branch positions, including Chair of the Broadwater State Electorate Council. She has been a member of the LNP State Council and was been a member of the Young LNP Management Committee from 2010 until 2012. Barton is the granddaughter of former member for Kurilpa, Clive Hughes.^[2]

References

↑ "2012 State General Election – Broadwater – District Summary". Electoral Commission of Queensland. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Member Biography – Miss Verity Barton". Parliament of Queensland. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
↑ Barton, Verity. "Maiden Speech". Hansard Tuesday, 29 May 2012. Queensland Parliament. Retrieved 6 September 2012.

Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by Peta-Kaye Croft	Member for Broadwater 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	Barton, Verity Mary
Alternative names
Short description	Australian politician
Date of birth	6 August 1985
Place of birth	Leeds, United Kingdom
Date of death
Place of death

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