constituency_am constituency predecessor successor birth_place assembly party office birth_date order term_start birthname article_title term_end name occupation alma_mater
cairns cairns russell cooper ray jones joan sheldon desley boyle cairns , queensland queensland legislative australian labor party treasurer of queensland 7 august 1940 41st 7 december 1989 22 october 1983 keith ernest de lacy keith de lacy
 19 february 1996 13 june 1998 keith de lacy newsagency tobacco farmer proprietor , underground miner , college principal , university of queensland
keith de lacy

keith ernest de lacy -lrb- born 7 august 1940 -rrb- is a former australian politician .
he was born at cairns and received a bachelor of arts from the university of queensland .
he held various jobs , including as a miner , tobacco farmer , newsagency proprietor , college principal and consultant , as well as serving in the citizen military forces from 1958 to 1959 .
in 1970 he joined the australian labor party 's cairns branch , and in 1983 he was elected to the queensland legislative assembly as the member for cairns .
in 1986 he became opposition spokesman on primary industries , moving to finance and regional development in 1988 .
following labor 's victory at the 1989 state election , de lacy became treasurer and minister for regional development .
he retired from the regional development portfolio in 1990 but remained treasurer until the government 's resignation in 1996 .
de lacy retired in 1998 .
