What type of details about ray stevens -lrb- politician -rrb- can be gathered from the following bio? Bio: raymond alexander -lrb- ray -rrb- stevens , mp -lrb- born 1 february 1953 -rrb- is an australian politician who is the leader of opposition business in the legislative assembly of queensland . born in townsville , stevens is married with two children . he received a bachelor of arts in finance and economics from james cook university and macquarie university , and was admitted to the australian association of accountants in 1974 , being employed by price waterhouse in sydney . he returned to the family station , '' doncaster '' in richmond , before moving to the gold coast in 1979 . he ran local businesses in the area and was a councillor on albert shire council from 1988 to 1994 , serving as mayor in 1994 . after the amalgamation of albert and gold coast , he was mayor of the latter from 1995 to 1997 . stevens , as member of the liberal party , was elected to state parliament in 2006 as the member for robina , succeeding former state liberal leader bob quinn . at this time he was also appointed as the shadow minister for public works and housing from 2006-2009 , with a brief stint from 2007-2008 as the shadow minister for information and communication technology . in 2008 , stevens joined the new liberal national party with the rest of his party . the redistribution ahead of the 2009 state election renamed his seat to mermaid beach ; he was re-elected . and from 2009-2010 he was the shadow minister for tourism and fair trading , before he continued in that role as the shadow minister for tourism and racing from 2010-2011 . from early 2011 until the election in 2012 stevens was the shadow parliamentary secretary for racing . with the liberal national party winning the 2012 election , stevens became the leader of the house of queensland and in october of 2012 the assistant minister to the premier on e-government . on 11 september 2012 , stevens sparked racism claims after using the term '' jihad jackie '' in parliament to describe opposition spokeswoman jackie trad -lrb- herself of catholic-lebanese heritage...
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