Anthony Lynham

The Honourable
Dr Anthony Lynham
MP
Member of the Queensland Parliament
for Stafford
Incumbent
Assumed office
19 July 2014
Preceded by Chris Davis
Personal details
Born 12 April 1960
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Nationality Australian
Political party Australian Labor Party
Alma mater University of Queensland
University of Newcastle
Profession Oral and maxillofacial surgeon

Dr Anthony Joseph Lynham (born 12 April 1960) is an Australian oral and maxillofacial surgeon, Labor politician, and a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland representing the electoral district of Stafford. He is currently the Queensland Minister for State Development and Minister for Natural Resources and Mines.

Medical career

Lynham graduated in Dentistry from the University of Queensland (1982) and Medicine from the University of Newcastle (1993), before completing training in oral and maxillofacial surgery in Queensland (1998). He is a member of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons (Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery). Following a fellowship visit to Switzerland, he gained a Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in the general stream. Upon returning to Australia, Lynham worked as a maxillofacial consultant and trauma team member at the Royal Brisbane Hospital, and visiting medical officer at the Mater Private Hospital in Brisbane. He was also involved in maxillofacial training, and was a senior lecturer at the University of Queensland.[1]

Political career

Lynham was first elected on 19 July 2014 at the Stafford by-election, which resulted from the resignation of former member Chris Davis, defeating the LNP candidate Bob Andersen with a 62 percent two-party vote from a 19-point two-party-preferred swing.[2] Lynham then entered the Shadow Cabinet. [3]

Palaszczuk government

On 16 February 2015, he was sworn in as Minister for State Development and Minister for Natural Resources and Mines in the Palaszczuk Ministry.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Dr Anthony Lynham". Mater Health Services.
  2. ↑ Green, Antony. "2014 Stafford by-election". ABC News Elections. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  3. ↑ http://www.mysunshinecoast.com.au/articles/article-display/labor-shadow-cabinet-changes,35291
  4. ↑ "Queensland's new Labor Cabinet sworn in at Government House". Australian Broadcasting Corporation 16 February 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2015.

External links

Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by
Chris Davis		 Member for Stafford
2014–present 		Incumbent