Sean Choat

Sean Choat
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Ipswich West
In office
24 March 2012 – 31 January 2015
Preceded byWayne Wendt
Succeeded byJim Madden
Member of the Somerset Regional Council
Incumbent
Assumed office
19 March 2016
Personal details
Born (1970-02-20) 20 February 1970 (age 54)
Ryde, New South Wales
Political partyLiberal National Party of Queensland

Sean Kenneth Choat (born 2 February 1970) is an Australian Liberal National politician who was the member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Ipswich West from 2012 to 2015.[1]

Choat contested the 2006 and 2009 state elections for the Liberal Party of Australia (QLD) and the LNP respectively, previous to his election in 2012.

Choat announced he would cross the floor and go against his party on the issue of asset sales.[2]

He was elected as a councillor on the Somerset Regional Council in 2016[3] and re-elected in 2020.[4]

  1. ^ "Ipswich West - Queensland Votes 2012 - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". www.abc.net.au. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  2. ^ Gould, Joel (27 February 2014). "LNP MP Sean Choat vows to cross floor if asset sales becomes an issue". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  3. ^ "2016 Somerset Regional Council - Councillor Election - Election Summary". results.ecq.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Notice of Election Results:Local government elections, Saturday 28 March 2020" (PDF). Electoral Commission of Queensland. 8 April 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2021.