Preceded by Bunny Adair Name Bill Wood Succeeded by Martin Tenni Party Australian Labor Party | Nationality Australian Preceded by New seat Role Australian Politician | |
Born 4 November 1935 (age 88)
Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia ( 1935-11-04 ) Relations Les Wood (father), Peter Wood (twin brother) Alma mater University of Queensland | ||
Education University of Queensland Political party Australian Labor Party | ||
Bill Wood (born 4 November 1935) is an Australian politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland and later the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the Queensland Parliament as the Labor member for Cook in 1969, transferring in 1972 to the new seat of Barron River. He was defeated in 1974 by Country Party candidate Martin Tenni.
Wood was elected the first ACT Legislative Assembly in 1989, re-elected to the 2nd Assembly in 1992, elected to represent Brindabella in the Assembly in 1995, 1998 and 2001 general elections. He did not contest the 2004 ACT general election.
Bill's identical twin brother Peter Wood, and their father Les Wood also served terms in the Queensland Parliament. Les was also briefly the leader of the Queensland ALP prior to his death in 1958.