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Preceded by
  
Mary Crawford

Name
  
Kay Elson

Occupation
  
Financial consultant


Nationality
  
Australian

Succeeded by
  
Brett Raguse

Resigned
  
2007

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Born
  
25 January 1947 (age 77) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (
1947-01-25
)

Political party
  
Liberal Party of Australia

Role
  
Former Member of the Australian House of Representatives

Party
  
Liberal Party of Australia

Previous office
  
Member of the Australian Parliament (1996–2007)

Kay Selma Elson (born 25 January 1947), Australian politician, was a Liberal Member of the Australian House of Representatives from March 1996 until her resignation in November 2007. Kay represented the Division of Forde, Queensland. She was born in Brisbane, Queensland, and was a special events co-ordinator for a handicapped association, a shop proprietor and a financial consultant before entering politics. Elson has eight children.

Elson was preselected as Liberal candidate in Forde for the 1996 election. The seat was originally a safe Labor seat, but a redistribution added some Liberal-friendly territory in the Scenic Rim, which all but erased Labor's majority. Elson defeated Labor incumbent Mary Crawford on a nine-percent swing, turning Forde into a safe Liberal seat in one stroke. Her victory was part of Labor's near-total collapse in Queensland; Labor was cut down to only two seats there.

In June 2006, Kay Elson announced that she would not be seeking a fifth term. By this time, she'd built up her majority to 12 percent. However, the seat was lost to Labor on a 14-point swing, making it one of the safest Coalition seats to be taken by Labor.

References

Kay Elson Wikipedia