Ann Leahy

The Honourable
Ann Leahy
MP
Minister for Local Government and Water and Minister for Fire, Disaster Recovery and Volunteers
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 November 2024
LeaderDavid Crisafulli
Preceded byNikki Boyd (as Minister for Fire, Disaster Recovery)

Glenn Butcher (as Minister for Water)

Ali King (as Minister for Local Government)
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Warrego
Incumbent
Assumed office
31 January 2015
Preceded byHoward Hobbs
Personal details
Born (1971-08-08) 8 August 1971 (age 53)
Stanthorpe, Queensland
Political partyLiberal National Party
Alma materUniversity of Southern Queensland
OccupationStationhand, electorate officer

Ann Leahy (born 8 August 1971) is an Australian politician. She has been the Liberal National Party member for Warrego in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2015.[1]

Leahy now serves as Minister for Local Government, Water, Fire, Disaster Recovery and Volunteers, having been elevated to the ministry by Premier David Crisafulli

Prior to her pre-selection for Warrego by the Liberal National Party, Leahy had been the electorate office for her predecessor, Howard Hobbs. In 1998, Hobbs had resigned from the Borbidge government after his wife alleged that he was having an affair with a staffer, who was later revealed to have been Leahy.[2]

  1. ^ Green, Antony. "Warrego". Queensland Election 2015. Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  2. ^ Killoran, Matthew (1 November 2014). "Former mistress of retiring MP Howard Hobbs, Ann Leahy, vies for his seat". Courier-Mail. Retrieved 6 January 2019.