Neil Turner (Australian politician)

Neil Turner
Speaker of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
In office
2 April 1996 – 13 June 1998
Preceded byJim Fouras
Succeeded byRay Hollis
ConstituencyNicklin
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Warrego
In office
2 December 1974 – 1 November 1986
Preceded byJack Aiken
Succeeded byHoward Hobbs
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Nicklin
In office
2 December 1989 – 22 June 1998
Preceded byBob King
Succeeded byPeter Wellington
Personal details
Born
Neil John Turner

(1934-06-25)25 June 1934
Charleville, Queensland, Australia
Died4 July 2011(2011-07-04) (aged 77)
Nambour, Queensland, Australia
Political partyCountry Party/National Party

Neil John Turner (25 June 1934 – 4 July 2011) was a National Party politician from Queensland. He served as the Minister of Transport and Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland.[1]

Turner was born in 1934 in Charleville. He served as the member for Warrego between 1974 and 1986, and the member for Nicklin between 1990 and 1998,[2] when he lost his seat to independent Peter Wellington. He served as Speaker from 1996 until his 1998 defeat.

On 4 July 2011, Turner died at the age of 77.[3]

  1. ^ "The Office of the Speaker" (PDF). Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 July 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
  2. ^ "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Former MP Neil Turner dies aged 77". ABC News. 4 July 2011.