Bruce Laming

Bruce Laming
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Mooloolah
In office
19 September 1992 – 17 February 2001
Preceded byNew seat
Succeeded bySeat abolished
Personal details
Born
Bruce Edric Laming

(1938-06-14)14 June 1938
Melbourne, Australia
Died11 September 2017(2017-09-11) (aged 79)
Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Political partyLiberal Party
RelationsAndrew Laming (son)
OccupationWool classer, soldier

Bruce Edric Laming (14 June 1938 – 11 September 2017) was an Australian Liberal Party politician in the Queensland parliament.[1] Laming held the seat of Mooloolah from 1992 until 2001 and served as Shadow Public Works and Housing Minister and Deputy Opposition Whip.[1] He is the father of Andrew Laming who was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the member for the Division of Bowman at the 2004 federal election.[2]

The electorate of Mooloolah was renamed Kawana before the 2001 Queensland state election.[3] At the election, Laming suffered an 18.7 percent swing against him and lost the seat to Labor's Chris Cummins.[3]

Laming died on 11 September 2017 in the Sunshine Coast aged 79, following a long battle with dementia.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  2. ^ Schubert, Misha, "Man who leads the pill charge", The Age, 15 February 2006.
  3. ^ a b Kawana election results, ABC Election Coverage – Queensland, 2004.
  4. ^ Mcmackin, Francesca (28 December 2017). "Mourners honour Bruce Laming, 'a man who created adventure'". Retrieved 28 December 2017.