Barbara Stone
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Barbara Gwendoline Stone (born 28 January 1962) is an Australian politician. She was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Springwood and is a member of the Labor Party.
Before politics
Stone graduated with an Associate Diploma in Business Management and a Bachelor of Business (HRM) at Queensland University of Technology. She then worked at Australia Post for a number of years before becoming an Electorate Officer for Judy Spence, State Member for Mount Gravatt.[1]
Politics
Stone entered Parliament after the 2001 state election, having been selected after the sitting member, Labor's Grant Musgrove, resigned in the wake of an electoral rorting scandal.[2] She subsequently won the 2004, 2006 and 2009 elections, making her the longest-serving Member in the Springwood electorate.[3] She lost the seat at the 2012 state election.
Stone served in a number of positions in the government, including as the Chair of the Law, Justice and Safety Committee. She was also a member of a number of Ministerial Legislative Committees including Police and Corrective Services, Transport and Main Roads, Emergency Services and Sports, and was elected Chair of Caucus for the Labor Party.[4]
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- 1962 births
- Living people
- Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
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- Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland
- 21st-century Australian politicians
- 21st-century Australian women politicians
- Women members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly