constituency_am predecessor successor assembly nationality party birth_date term_start article_title term_end name occupation
whitsunday geoff muntz harry black queensland legislative australian australian labor party 12 february 1942 2 december 1989 lorraine bird
 13 june 1998 lorraine bird antique dealer , counsellor
lorraine bird

lorraine rita bird -lrb- born 12 february 1942 -rrb- is a former australian politician .
bird worked as an antiques dealer and community development worker , and joined the australian labor party in 1979 .
in 1985 she was elected to pioneer shire council -lrb- serving until 1991 -rrb- , and in 1989 was elected to the queensland legislative assembly as the labor member for whitsunday .
in february 1996 she was appointed shadow minister for tourism , and she was shuffled to shadow minister for public works and administrative services in december 1996 before leaving the front bench in august 1997 .
in 1998 she was defeated by a one nation candidate .
