Preceded by Warren Entsch Website JimTurnour.com.au Party Australian Labor Party Children Zoe Spouse Tiffany Turnour | Role Australian Federal MP Nationality Australian Name Jim Turnour Succeeded by Warren Entsch | |
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Born 7 April 1966 (age 57) ( 1966-04-07 ) Office Member of the Australian Parliament since 2007 | ||
Political party Australian Labor Party | ||
Jim turnour supporting jobs in far north queensland
James Pearce Turnour (born 7 April 1966) was the Australian Labor Party MP for the division of Leichhardt. He was first elected in the 2007 federal election. He was defeated at the 2010 federal election.
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- Jim turnour supporting jobs in far north queensland
- Politics
- Federal Committee Service
- Biography
- References
Politics
Turnour won Leichhardt at the 2007 election on a swing of 14 percent, the largest in the country. It was actually his second bid for the seat; he challenged Liberal incumbent Warren Entsch in 2004 and was heavily defeated. Entsch retired in 2007. He held Leichhardt on a seemingly safe majority of 10 percent, but Turnour rode a large Labor wave to take the seat. He lost to Entsch in 2010.
He currently manages a large scale project for the Queensland Department of Primary Industries, helping farmers recover after Cyclone Larry and has worked for Senator Jan McLucas in the past.
Jim Turnour is on the committee of Northern Beaches Landcare and the Trinity Inlet Catchment Management Association. He is also a member of SPEED (Southern Parents Empowering Early Development), Cairns and District Chinese Association, Cairns Yacht Club, Cairns and Far North Environment Centre and is a guest presenter on Cairns Community Radio.
Federal Committee Service
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Biography
Turnour has degrees in agriculture and economics and lives in Smithfield with his wife Tiffany, whom he met teaching kids to sail at the Cairns Yacht Club, and daughter Zoe.