Bill Flynn | |
Honorific-Suffix: | NM |
Office1: | Leader of One Nation Queensland |
Deputy1: | Rosa Lee Long |
Term Start1: | 6 March 2001 |
Term End1: | 7 February 2004 |
Predecessor1: | Bill Feldman |
Successor1: | Rosa Lee Long |
Constituency Am: | Lockyer |
Assembly: | Queensland Legislative |
Term Start: | 17 February 2001 |
Term End: | 7 February 2004 |
Predecessor: | Peter Prenzler |
Successor: | Ian Rickuss |
Birth Name: | William Bond Ingpen Flynn |
Birth Date: | 9 October 1951 |
Birth Place: | Dorset, United Kingdom |
Death Place: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
Party: | One Nation |
Occupation: | Police officer (Queensland Police) |
Profession: | Public servant Politician |
Awards: | National Medal |
Allegiance: | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1977–1983) Commonwealth of Australia (1983–2001) |
Branch: | British Army (1977–1977) Hampshire Constabulary (1977–1983) Queensland Police Service (1983–2001) |
Serviceyears: | 1977–2001 |
Rank: | Private (BA) Constable (HC) Constable (QPS) |
Unit: | Special Air Service (BA) |
William Bond Ingpen Flynn (9 October 1951 - 23 April 2011) was an Australian politician. Born in Dorset, United Kingdom, he served as a British police officer for six years before he became an Australian citizen in 1984. He remained a policeman, serving in Brisbane, Beenleigh, Woodridge, Oxley and Beaudesert. In 2000, he was presented with a National Medal.[1]
In 2001, Flynn was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland as the member for Lockyer, representing Pauline Hanson's One Nation. He was elected leader of the parliamentary party in March 2001, shortly after the election. The resignation of Elisa Roberts from the party left Flynn with only one colleague, Rosa Lee Long. In the 2004 election, he defended his seat of Lockyer but lost it to National Party candidate Ian Rickuss, leaving Lee Long as One Nation's last MP. He unsuccessfully contested the seat of Oxley in the 2004 federal election.[1]
Flynn died suddenly after a collapse on 23 April 2011.[2]