Lachlan Millar | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
Constituency Am: | Gregory |
Assembly: | Queensland Legislative |
Term Start: | 31 January 2015 |
Predecessor: | Vaughan Johnson |
Majority: | 17.2% |
Birth Date: | 1970 12, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Goondiwindi, Queensland |
Party: | Liberal National Party |
Children: | 3 |
Residence: | Emerald, Queensland |
Lachlan Lucas Millar (born 17 December 1970) is an Australian politician. He has been the Liberal National Party member for Gregory in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2015.[1]
Millar grew up on a family property in the Central Highlands region, attending school in Capella and Emerald.[2] After spending a decade working in the Emerald area, Millar was employed a rural reporter for ABC Local Radio for nine years.[2] He then operated a small business on the Sunshine Coast where he worked as a public relations manager for Maroochy Shire Council for six years and unsuccessfully stood as a Division 7 councillor in the Sunshine Coast Regional Council local government elections in 2008.[2] [3] [4]
Prior to being elected, he worked as a media advisor to Mike Horan, Lawrence Springborg and John McVeigh.[5] [6]
From 2017 until 2020, Millar was the Shadow Minister for Fire, Emergency Services and Volunteers.[7] In November 2020, Millar was named as Assistant Shadow Minister to the Leader of the Opposition.[8]