Honorific-Prefix: | The Hon |
Neil Turner | |
Office: | Speaker of the Queensland Legislative Assembly |
Term Start: | 2 April 1996 |
Term End: | 13 June 1998 |
Predecessor: | Jim Fouras |
Successor: | Ray Hollis |
Constituency: | Nicklin |
Constituency Am2: | Nicklin |
Assembly2: | Queensland Legislative |
Term Start2: | 2 December 1989 |
Term End2: | 22 June 1998 |
Predecessor2: | Bob King |
Successor2: | Peter Wellington |
Constituency Am1: | Warrego |
Assembly1: | Queensland Legislative |
Term Start1: | 2 December 1974 |
Term End1: | 1 November 1986 |
Predecessor1: | Jack Aiken |
Successor1: | Howard Hobbs |
Birth Date: | 25 June 1934 |
Birth Place: | Charleville, Queensland, Australia |
Death Place: | Nambour, Queensland, Australia |
Birthname: | Neil John Turner |
Nationality: | Australian |
Party: | Country Party/National Party |
Neil John Turner (25 June 1934 - 4 July 2011) was a National Party politician from Queensland. He served as the Minister of Transport and Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland.[1]
Turner was born in 1934 in Charleville. He served as the member for Warrego between 1974 and 1986, and the member for Nicklin between 1990 and 1998,[2] when he lost his seat to independent Peter Wellington. He served as Speaker from 1996 until his 1998 defeat.
On 4 July 2011, Turner died at the age of 77.[3]