Ray Hollis

Ray Hollis
Speaker of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
In office
28 July 1998 – 21 July 2005
Preceded byNeil Turner
Succeeded byTony McGrady
ConstituencyRedcliffe
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Redcliffe
In office
2 December 1989 – 21 July 2005
Preceded byTerry White
Succeeded byTerry Rogers
Personal details
Born
Raymond Keith Hollis

(1940-01-30) 30 January 1940 (age 84)
London, England
NationalityAustralian
Political partyLabor
OccupationTransport industry

Raymond Keith "Ray" Hollis (born 30 January 1940) is a former Australian politician (unrelated to another Australian politician, Colin Hollis). Born in London, he migrated to Australia in 1962 as a merchant seaman and worked in a variety of occupations, including a railway worker, cook, paper mill operator, insurance salesman and a position with the Victorian Corrective Services. He later owned a transport and distribution business.

As a member of the Australian Democrats, Hollis contested the 1983 and 1984 federal elections. In 1986, he joined the ALP. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in 1989 as the Labor member for Redcliffe. On 28 July 1998 he became Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. He held the position until 21 July 2005, when he resigned his seat, triggering a by-election.[1]