constituency_am predecessor successor birth_place assembly nationality party birth_date term_start birthname article_title term_end name occupation
townsville thuringowa norman scott-young new seat tony burreket ken turner maryborough , queensland , australia queensland legislative queensland legislative australian australian labor party 14 february 1940 22 october 1983 1 november 1986 kenneth victor mcelligott ken mcelligott
 1 november 1986 13 june 1998 ken mcelligott administrative officer
ken mcelligott

kenneth victor `` ken '' mcelligott -lrb- born 14 february 1940 -rrb- is a former australian politician .
he was born in maryborough .
after working as an administrative officer at james cook university , he was elected to townsville city council in 1976 .
a member of the labor party , he became deputy mayor in 1980 .
he held these positions until 1983 , when he was elected to the queensland legislative assembly as the member for townsville , transferring to the new seat of thuringowa in 1986 .
immediately after his election he was appointed opposition spokesman on welfare services , youth and ethnic affairs , shifting to health in 1985 , to regional and northern development and small business in 1987 , and to local government and small business in 1988 .
with the election of the goss government in 1989 he became minister for health , serving until 1991 .
he returned to the front bench in 1995 as the minister for lands , serving until the government 's defeat on the floor of the assembly in 1996 .
mcelligott was defeated in 1998 by a one nation candidate .
