Preceded by Robbie Katter Name Ray Hopper Preceded by Seat established | Preceded by Seat established Succeeded by Rob Katter Children Benjamin Hopper | |
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Political party Katter's Australian Party (2012–present)Previous affiliations:Independent (before 2001)National (2001–2008)Liberal National (2008–2012) Role Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Previous office Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly (2001–2009) Office Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2009 | ||
Ray hopper
Raymond Gordon "Ray" Hopper (born 3 March 1960) is a former Australian politician. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2001 to 2015. Originally elected as the member for Darling Downs as an independent in 2001, he joined the National Party later that year and the Liberal National Party in 2008.
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On the abolition of his seat of Darling Downs in 2008, Hopper was elected as the member for Condamine. On 24 November 2012, Hopper resigned from the Liberal National Party and joined Katter's Australian Party. On 29 November it was announced that he had become the parliamentary leader of Katter's Australian Party, taking over from Robbie Katter, the son of the party's founder. He contested Nanango for the party in 2015, but was defeated.
Political career
During his time in Parliament, Hopper held a range of roles in opposition, namely the Shadow Minister for Racing, the Shadow Minister for Natural Resources and Mines, the Shadow Minister for Employment and Training, the Shadow Minister for Natural Resources and Mines, the Shadow Minister for Natural Resources and Water, the Shadow Minister for Food Security and Agriculture, and the Shadow Minister for Primary Industries, Fisheries and Rural and Regional Queensland.
Personal life
Hopper married his first wife Joanne in 1986. They had three children, Jodi, Amy and Ben. In 2010, Hopper split from his wife after a longstanding affair with his later-second wife, Jeanette Sutherland.
Ben Hopper stood for his father's seat of Condamine at the 2015 state election in an effort to replace him, as he was standing for the seat of Nanango.