constituency_am predecessor successor religion birth_place assembly nationality party birth_date term_start spouse birthname article_title term_end name occupation alma_mater
mount coot-tha bill lickiss wendy edmond uniting church bowen , queensland , australia queensland legislative australian liberal party 2 december 1936 1 november 1986 valerie margaret shannon lyle thomas schuntner lyle schuntner
 2 december 1989 lyle schuntner teacher , president , queensland teachers union university of queensland
lyle schuntner

lyle thomas schuntner -lrb- born 2 december 1936 -rrb- is a former teacher , teachers ' union president , credit union chairman and politician .
he was a liberal party of australia member of the queensland legislative assembly from 1986 to 1989 , representing the electorate of mount coot-tha .
he was also the president of the queensland teachers union from 1978 to 1986 .
schuntner was born in bowen and attended crows nest , kelvin grove and mitchelton state primary schools and the brisbane state high school .
he subsequently studied arts and education at the university of queensland , undertook national service in the royal australian navy in 1956 , and served in the naval reserve from 1956 to 1960 .
he was a teacher from 1956 to 1977 , when he was elected president of the queensland teachers union ; he served in that capacity until 1986 .
schuntner was elected to the legislative assembly at the 1986 state election , winning the seat of mt. coot-tha after an electoral redistribution , despite a serious challenge from their former coalition partner , the national party .
he served as the liberal spokesperson for education and training during his term .
he was defeated by labor candidate wendy edmond at the 1989 state election , as labor won office in queensland for the first time since 1959 .
schuntner returned to education after his election defeat working as the manager , review administration , board of senior secondary school studies .
he was the liberal candidate for burleigh at the 1992 state election , losing to national party candidate judy gamin .
schuntner was chairman of the queensland teachers ' credit union continuously from december , 1985 until retiring in 2008 .
