constituency_am predecessor successor birth_place assembly nationality party birth_date term_start birthname article_title term_end name occupation
burnett claude wharton trevor strong gayndah , queensland , australia queensland legislative australian national party 5 april 1941 1 november 1986 douglas john slack doug slack
 17 february 2001 doug slack businessman , farmer
doug slack

douglas john `` doug '' slack -lrb- born 5 april 1941 -rrb- is a former australian politician .
he was the national party member for burnett in the legislative assembly of queensland from 1986 to 2001 .
slack was born in gayndah , queensland , and was a farmer and businessman before entering politics .
he served on the opposition front bench from 1990 to 1995 , holding the portfolios of family servinces and aboriginal and islander affairs and treasury -lrb- 1990 -- 1992 -rrb- and environment and heritage -lrb- 1992 -- 1996 -rrb- .
from 1996 to 1998 he was minister for economic development and trade , and following the coalition 's return to opposition he was shadow minister for state development until his defeat in 2001 .
