constituency_am constituency predecessor successor occupation birth_place assembly nationality party office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name otherparty
fassifern beaudesert fassifern fassifern john warner lin powell selwyn muller new seat lin powell jim fouras seat abolished aidan mclindon high school principal , sports commentator miles , queensland queensland legislative queensland legislative australian liberal national party speaker of the queensland legislative assembly 14 august 1942 17 19 september 1992 february 1987 5 july 1989 22 october 1983 kev lingard
 24 20 march 2009 november 1987 2 november 1989 19 september 1992 kevin lingard the nationals
kev lingard

kevin rowson `` kev '' lingard -lrb- born 14 august 1942 -rrb- is an australian politician .
he was a national party -lrb- liberal national from 2008 onwards -rrb- member of the legislative assembly of queensland from 1983 to 2009 and a formey deputy leader of the nationals in queensland .
lingard first entered state parliament as the member for fassifern at the 1983 state election .
he held the seat until its abolition at the 1992 state election , upon which he won the replacement seat of beaudesert .
he remained the member for beaudesert until his retirement at the 2009 state election .
lingard served as speaker of the legislative assembly of queensland from february to november 1987 .
he resigned the speakership to accept the position of minister for health and environment in the dying days of the joh bjelke-petersen premiership .
he held the job for just a week until mike ahern became premier of queensland on 1 december 1987 and lingard was not included in the ministry .
lingard again became speaker in september 1989 , retaining the position until november that year , when his party lost the 1989 state election .
lingard served as deputy leader of the national party from 1992 to 1998 .
when the national party returned to government in 1996 , lingard was appointed minister for families , youth and community care under the premiership of rob borbidge .
he retained the portfolio until his party 's loss at the 1998 state election .
at the march 2009 state election , lingard retired as the member for beaudesert and was replaced as liberal national party candidate by aidan mclindon .
lingard was born in the queensland town of miles .
he is married with two daughters and one son .
