Bob Katter
Politician
1945 –
Who is Bob Katter?
Robert Carl Katter is an Australian federal politician, a member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1993 for the Division of Kennedy, and the leader of Katter's Australian Party. He began his parliamentary career as a member of the National Party of Australia, but left the party in 2001, holding the seat as an independent for ten years, when he formed his own party, which was registered in September 2011. Prior to his election to federal politics, Katter was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, from 1974 to 1992, representing the seat of Flinders for the National Party. Katter was a minister in the Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen-led National Party government, holding various portfolios between 1983 and 1989.
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- Born
- May 22, 1945
Cloncurry - Parents
- Spouses
- Susan Mary O'Rourke
(1970 - )
- Susan Mary O'Rourke
- Children
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- Australia
- Profession
- Education
- University of Queensland
- Lived in
- Queensland
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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