Bob Quinn is an Australian Liberal Party politician and leader of the Liberal Party in the Parliament of Queensland. Jump to: navigation, search The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian liberal conservative political party. ... The Parliament of Queensland consists of the Governor of Queensland and the Queensland Legislative Assembly. ...

Quinn was a schoolteacher before entering politics. He entered Parliament in 1989 winning the seat of Robina on the Gold Coast. Jump to: navigation, search 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Robina (28°04′ S 153°23′ E) is one of the largest communities on the Gold Coast of Australia, and is the terminus point for the QR CityTrain Gold Coast Line. ... Jump to: navigation, search For places with the same name or other meanings, go to Gold Coast (disambiguation) Glitz and palm trees The Gold Coast is a coastal region approximately 70 km south of Brisbane, Australia that, over the past 50 years, has coalesced from a collection of scattered villages...

In 1995 the National-Liberal coalition won power in Queensland under Rob Borbidge. Quinn became Minister for Education. The government was defeated in 1998 and the Liberals' coalition with the Nationals ended. Dr David Watson took over the Liberal Leadership from Joan Sheldon and Quinn became Deputy Leader of the Party. Jump to: navigation, search 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party, originally called the Country Party, adopting the name of National Country Party in 1975 and adopting its present name in 1982. ... A coalition is an alliance between entities, during which they cooperate in joint action, each in their own self-interest. ... Robert Edward Borbidge, (born August 12, 1954), Australian politician, is the former premier of the state of Queensland, and former leader of the Queensland branch of the National Party. ...

In 2001 the Australian Labor Party led by Peter Beattie inflicted a massive defeat on the reformed Coalition, with the Liberal Party winning only three seats in the 89-member Parliament. Watson resigned and with Joan Sheldon being the only other Liberal MP, Quinn became leader of the Liberals by default. Jump to: navigation, search 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Australian Labor Party or ALP is Australias oldest political party. ... Peter Beattie Peter Douglas Beattie (born November 18, 1952), Australian politician, is the Premier of the Australian State of Queensland and leader of the Australian Labor Party in that state. ...

The Liberals subsequently negotiated a new coalition agreement with the Nationals and their new Leader, Lawrence Springborg. As leader of the junior party, Quinn became Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Shadow Treasurer. He forged a close working relationship with Springborg and made efforts to repair the relationship between the two parties. During the 2004 election campaign, Quinn worked closely with Springborg (being criticised by Liberals for holding too subsidiary a position to him) and lifted Liberal Party representation to five seats. The Coalition still suffered a massive defeat, however, and when the Coalition agreement automatically expired following the election loss, the two parties opted not to renew it. This meant that the Liberals lost their status as members of the Official Opposition (this place being taken by the National Party alone). Lawrence Springborg is the youngest person ever elected to the Queensland Parliament, in 1989 at the age of twenty-one. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Parliamentary Opposition is a form of political opposition to a designated government, particularly in a Westminster-based parliamentary system. ...

After the election, Quinn has gained some prominence in the wake of failures of the Government-owned electricity corporation in South-East Queensland, Energex. The scandal surrounding Dr Jayant Patel has also caused considerable damage to the Beattie government, and the Liberal Party was successful in winning two by-elections in August, bringing Liberal parliamentary representation to seven seats but also introducing into parliament former Brisbane City councillor Michael Caltabiano, touted in the media as a likely challenge to Quinn. Jump to: navigation, search Electricity is a general term applied to phenomena involving a fundamental property of matter called an electric charge. ... Dr Jayant Patel Jayant Patel (born April 10, 1950) is an Indian born and trained doctor and surgeon, who found himself at the center of a political scandal in early 2005 when he was accused of gross incompetence while working for Queensland Health at Bundaberg Base Hospital in the Australian...

Quinn and his party have rejected as impractical suggestions from Lawrence Springborg that the two conservative parties merge into one organisation, but the two groups did announce the renewal of their coalition agreement on 26 September 2005, but without Quinn becoming Deputy Leader of the Opposition. Jump to: navigation, search September 26 is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 96 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Personal webpage