Rick Williams (Australian politician)

Rick Williams
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Pumicestone
In office
31 January 2015 – 25 November 2017
Preceded byLisa France
Succeeded bySimone Wilson
Personal details
Born
Richard Alan Williams
Political partyIndependent (2017–present)
Other political
affiliations		Labor (2015–2017)
OccupationFinancial planner

Richard Alan Williams is an Australian politician. He was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 2015 until 2017, representing the electorate of Pumicestone. He served for most of his term as a Labor member, but resigned from the party to sit as an independent in October 2017 after being disendorsed as a Labor candidate for the 2017 election. He recontested his seat as an independent, but was unsuccessful.[1]

Williams publicly displayed an anti-abortion stance with regard to reproductive rights, in contrast with the majority of his state ALP colleagues.[2]

On 27 October 2017, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk instructed the secretary of the state Labor party to disendorse Williams as the party's candidate for the next Queensland state election, following Williams' involvement in a series of controversies regarding his behaviour towards his neighbours and business associates.[3]

  1. ^ Green, Antony. "Pumicestone". Queensland Election 2015. Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  2. ^ Atfield, Cameron (11 February 2017). "One Nation senator claims UN abortion agenda at Brisbane rally". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Premier axes MP Rick Williams as Queensland election looms". ABC News. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.