Rosa Lee Long

Rosa Lee Long
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Tablelands
In office
17 February 2001 – 20 March 2009
Preceded by Shaun Nelson
Succeeded by Seat abolished
Personal details
Born Rosa Theresa Lee Long
2 October 1945
Atherton, Queensland, Australia
Nationality Australian
Political party One Nation
Occupation Grazier, Public servant, Small business owner

Rosa Theresa Lee Long (born 2 October 1945) is a former member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland representing the electorate Tablelands in Northern Queensland, Australia for the One Nation Party. Lee Long served three consecutive terms in office between 2001 and 2009, making her One Nation's longest serving politician.[1]

Prior to the 2009 Queensland state election, the electorate of Tablelands was abolished and the Electoral district of Dalrymple was introduced. Lee Long contested the new electorate but lost to Liberal National candidate Shane Knuth.

Lee Long is the current mayor of the Tablelands Regional Council and was elected in April 2012.

Personal

Lee Long was born in Atherton, Queensland, and has three daughters.[2] Lee Long is a widow, her late husband was of Chinese descent,[3] a fact that has aroused considerable interest given the One Nation Party's strong anti-immigration stance.[4]

Before Parliament

Before entering parliament, Lee Long worked as a grazier, a public servant, and owned a small business.[2]

Parliamentary career

Lee Long was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in 2001 to represent the seat of Tablelands. Tablelands had before 1998 been a safe seat for the National Party, but fell at the 1998 election to Shaun Nelson of the One Nation Party. Lee Long was a campaign worker for Nelson during this election. Nelson subsequently left the party in 1999 amid internal tensions, and recontested the seat at the 2001 election as an independent, losing out to Lee Long. By this point, support for the One Nation party had sharply declined from the party's high point, and Lee Long was one of only three One Nation MPs in the Legislative Assembly.

In her inaugural address to parliament, Lee Long attacked globalisation and the Government's policy of privatisation, blaming them for a decline in the agricultural and mining industries in her electorate.[3]

She was a member of the Legal, Constitutional and Administrative Review Committee from 11 October 2006, and a member of the Estimates Committee in both 2006 and 2008. She also served on the Members' Ethics and Parliamentary Privileges Committee from 18 March 2004 to 15 August 2006, the Scrutiny of Legislation Committee (3 May 2001 – 13 January 2004), and the Select Committee on Travelsafe (2 May 2001 to 13 January 2004).[2]

Political views

Despite the disintegration of the One Nation Party and Pauline Hanson's departure to form a new party, Pauline's United Australia Party, Lee Long in a television interview leading up to that election, stated that she still agreed with Hanson's policies, saying "Pauline Hanson was right back then, she's right now, and we have to continue the fight".[5]

Elections contested

Date of election Constituency Party Result Primary % 2PP %
2001 Tablelands ONP Elected 47[6]
2004 Tablelands ONP Elected 46.96[7] 65[8]
2006 Tablelands ONP Elected 50.06[9] 69.5[10]
2009 Dalrymple ONP Defeated 32.0[11] 44.8[12]
Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by
Shaun Nelson		 Member for Tablelands
2001-2009 		Succeeded by
Seat abolished

External links

References

  1. ↑ "Queensland Parliament - FAQ". Retrieved 13 June 2008..
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://parliament.qld.gov.au/view/legislativeAssembly/documents/memberBio/InauguralSpeech/LeeLong.pdf |chapter-url= missing title (help). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Queensland Legislative Assembly. 2 May 2001. p. 617.
  4. ↑ Steketee, Mike (8 September 2006). "Pauline Hanson’s legacy". The Australian.
  5. ↑ Burkman, Karen (1 September 2006). "September Poll". ABC News (Stateline QLD). Retrieved 13 June 2008.
  6. ↑ http://www.abc.net.au/elections/qld/2006/guide/tabl.htm
  7. ↑ "District Summary - Tablelands - 2004 Election". Retrieved 13 June 2008.
  8. ↑ "2004 Queensland Election, Electorate Results (Tablelands)". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 13 June 2008.
  9. ↑ "District Summary - Tablelands - 2006 Election". Retrieved 13 June 2008.
  10. ↑ "2006 Queensland Election, Electorate Results (Tablelands)". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 13 June 2008.
  11. ↑ http://www.abc.net.au/elections/qld/2009/guide/dalr.htm
  12. ↑ Electoral results for the district of Dalrymple