constituency_mp nationality birth_date birthname term_end alma_mater term_start spouse name occupation relations predecessor parliament birth_place party office successor premier article_title
sandgate australian 29 november 1966 vicky elizabeth darling 26 march 2012 24 march 2012 griffith university 22 june 2011 9 september 2006 john mcdermott vicky darling public servant , travel agent , lecturer elaine grandfather -rrb- darling -lrb- mother -rrb- , jack melloy -lrb- kate jones gordon nuttall queensland brisbane , queensland , australia australian labor party minister for environment of queensland andrew powell kerry millard anna bligh vicky darling

vicky darling

vicky elizabeth darling -lrb- born 29 november 1966 in brisbane , australia -rrb- is a labor politician elected to the queensland legislative assembly in september 2006 as the member for sandgate .
darling was preselected by the labor party in 2006 she replaced controversial labor mp gordon nuttall who was jailed in july 2009 for corruptly receiving secret commissions .
she was appointed as minister for the environment , resource management and climate change on 22 june 2011 , after kate jones resigned from cabinet to defend her seat of ashgrove against liberal national party -lrb- lnp -rrb- leader campbell newman .
darling lost her seat in the lnp landslide at the 2012 state election .
her mother , elaine darling , the first female member of the australian house of representatives from queensland , was a labor mp for lilley from 1980 until 1993 .
her grandfather , jack melloy , was a labor queensland state mp for nudgee from 1960 to 1977 .
