Ken Turner | |
Constituency Am1: | Thuringowa |
Assembly1: | Queensland Legislative |
Term Start1: | 13 June 1998 |
Term End1: | 7 February 2001 |
Predecessor1: | Ken McElligott |
Successor1: | Anita Phillips |
Birth Date: | 6 May 1944 |
Birth Place: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
Birthname: | Kenneth Turner |
Party: | Independent (since 1999) |
Otherparty: | Pauline Hanson's One Nation (1997–1999) |
Occupation: | Fishery director (Self–employed) |
Profession: | Commercial fisherman Politician |
Allegiance: | Commonwealth of Australia |
Branch: | Australian Army Reserve |
Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
Serviceyears: | 1961–1965 |
Battles: | Vietnam War |
Kenneth Turner (born 6 May 1944) is a former Australian politician. He was born in Brisbane. Before his involvement in politics he was a commercial fisherman, and served in the Citizens Military Force 1961 - 1965. In 1998 he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland as a member of Pauline Hanson's One Nation, representing the seat of Thuringowa.[1] He was appointed Spokesperson for Communication, Local Government, Planning, Regional and Rural Communities, Environment, Heritage and Natural Resources, and Primary Industries on 7 August. On 6 February 1999, together with party colleagues Dorothy Pratt and Shaun Nelson, he resigned from One Nation to sit as an independent.[1] He was defeated by Labor's Anita Phillips in 2001. He contested Thuringowa again at the 2009 state election against sitting Labor MP Craig Wallace, but received only around 11% of the vote.