Honorific-Prefix: | The Hon |
Geoff Wilson | |
Office: | Minister for Health |
Term Start: | 21 February 2011 |
Term End: | 26 March 2012 |
Premier: | Anna Bligh |
Predecessor: | Paul Lucas |
Successor: | Lawrence Springborg |
Office1: | Minister for Education and Training |
Term Start1: | 26 March 2009 |
Term End1: | 21 February 2011 |
Premier1: | Anna Bligh |
Predecessor1: | Rod Welford |
Successor1: | Cameron Dick (as Education) |
Office2: | Minister for Mines and Energy |
Term Start2: | 13 September 2006 |
Term End2: | 26 March 2009 |
Premier2: | Peter Beattie Anna Bligh |
Predecessor2: | Henry Palaszczuk (Mines) John Mickel (Energy) |
Successor2: | Stephen Robertson |
Constituency Am3: | Ferny Grove |
Assembly3: | Queensland Legislative |
Term Start3: | 13 June 1998 |
Term End3: | 23 March 2012 |
Predecessor3: | Glen Milliner |
Successor3: | Dale Shuttleworth |
Birth Date: | 5 November 1952 |
Birth Place: | Culcairn, New South Wales, Australia |
Birthname: | Geoffrey James Wilson |
Nationality: | Australian |
Party: | Labor |
Children: | 3 |
Alma Mater: | Australian National University |
Occupation: | Barrister |
Geoffrey James Wilson (born 5 November 1952) is a former Australian politician.
Born in Culcairn in New South Wales, he was a barrister and union official before entering the Legislative Assembly.
In 1998, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland as the Labor member for Ferny Grove, which he represented until 2012.
From January 2002 until October 2006 he Chaired the Parliamentary Crime and Misconduct Committee.
He was appointed Minister for Mines and Energy in September 2006 by Peter Beattie, and continued in that post after Anna Bligh took over as Premier a year later.
Following the 2009 election, he was named Minister for Education and Training. In the February 2011 reshuffle, he was appointed Minister for Health. He served in that post until Labor's loss at 2012 election, in which Wilson lost his seat to the LNP.[1]