Peter houston redcliffe

Elected Speaker after the election, Hollis came to grief over how much his office was spending on alcohol, expenditure the Crime and Misconduct Commission found was not illegal, but only because the parliament granted the Speaker unfettered power to spend. That scandal, and another concerning overseas absence, saw Hollis resign and Labor lose the subsequent by-election. New Liberal MP Terry Rogers lasted barely a year after winning the by-election, defeated at the state election.

Redcliffe has been represented since the election by Labor's Lillian van Litsenburg. She first moved to Redcliffe in and is a former high school teacher and community activist. Van Litsenburg was elected to Redcliffe City Council in but had to resign when she contested the Redcliffe by-election as the Labor candidate.

She was defeated at the by-election but returned to win the seat for Labor at the election. Her LNP opponent is Bill Gollan , who claims established family links with the district and runs a car dealership across the Houghton Highway bridge in Deagon. The contest is complicated by the presence of Independent Peter Houston.

He is a former Labor Party member and was defeated for Labor endorsement by Van Litsenberg ahead of the by-election. Houston was first elected to Redcliffe City Council in and narrowly defeated contesting the Mayoral election in He has since served on the Council , when he was Deputy-Mayor, and again Following the council amalgamations in , Houston was defeated contesting the Mayoral election for the new Moreton Bay Regional Council.

Houston has lived in Redcliffe for more than three decades and works as a dentist. Elections News ABC. More Queensland news at abc. Houston, with a total of 17 years on Redcliffe Council, feels that the initiative he had shown on Redcliffe City Council in beautifying and promoting the area has brought Redcliffe forward considerably over the last 16 years and the same initiative is needed to set up the new Council to be a constructive and productive unit, with good outcomes for all existing staff.

Houston said. These are the changes people can see and this same initiative is needed to give the best results for the Moreton Bay Region. I have this experience and in doing so have managed change to turn the Redcliffe City Council away from being just a maintenance Council to having a significant impact on improving residents and visitors lifestyle. This is where Local Government has to go.

It has to create benefits for those it represents.