Chris Foley | |
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Constituency Am1: | Maryborough |
Assembly1: | Queensland Legislative |
Term Start1: | 23 April 2003 |
Term End1: | 23 March 2012 |
Predecessor1: | John Kingston |
Successor1: | Anne Maddern |
Birth Date: | 25 February 1956 |
Birth Place: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
Birthname: | Christopher John Foley |
Nationality: | Australian |
Party: | Independent |
Occupation: | Certified Financial Planner, Wesleyan Methodist minister |
Christopher John Foley (born 25 February 1956) is an Australian politician. Born in Brisbane, he became a certified financial planner and received a Diploma in Christian Doctrine and Practice, was an Associate in Theology, and became a Justice of the Peace. An ordained minister with the Wesleyan Methodist Church of Australia, he is married with five children.
He is now retired now from politics and as a pastor of Grace community church.He was elected as an independent to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in a 2003 by-election for the seat of Maryborough following the resignation due to ill health of another independent, former One Nation MLA John Kingston. Foley was re-elected at the 2004, 2006 and 2009 elections. He lost his seat at the 2012 election to the Liberal National Party of Queensland.[1]