Leanne Donaldson | |
Office1: | Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries of Queensland |
Term Start1: | 8 December 2015 |
Term End1: | 3 November 2016 |
Premier1: | Annastacia Palaszczuk |
Predecessor1: | Bill Byrne |
Successor1: | Bill Byrne |
Constituency Am2: | Bundaberg |
Assembly2: | Queensland Legislative |
Term Start2: | 31 January 2015 |
Term End2: | 25 November 2017 |
Predecessor2: | Jack Dempsey |
Successor2: | David Batt |
Party: | Labor |
Leanne Elizabeth Donaldson is an Australian politician. She was the Labor member for Bundaberg in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 2015 to 2017.[1]
On 8 December 2015, Donaldson was sworn in as the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries in the second Palaszczuk Cabinet, becoming the first woman to serve in this role.[2] She resigned from Cabinet in November 2016 after controversies involving unpaid bills and unregistered driving.[3]
She lost her seat to LNP candidate David Batt at the 2017 election.[4]