birth_place nationality party office birth_date term_start image article_title name occupation
queanbeyan , new south wales , australia australian palmer -lrb- 2015 -- present -rrb- united party -lrb- 2014 -- 2015 -rrb- independent senator for queensland 11 december 1965 1 july 2014 glennlazarus.jpg glenn lazarus
 glenn lazarus rugby league footballer
glenn lazarus

glenn patrick lazarus -lrb- born 11 december 1965 in queanbeyan , new south wales -rrb- is an australian senator and former professional rugby league footballer .
an australian international and new south wales state of origin representative prop forward , lazarus won premierships with the canberra raiders , brisbane broncos and melbourne storm , whom he also captained .
after his retirement he was elected to the australian senate at the 2013 federal election as the lead queensland candidate for the palmer united party -lrb- pup -rrb- .
he became pup senate leader at the commencement of his term on 1 july 2014 .
he quit pup on 13 march 2015 and became an independent .
