Preceded by Julie Attwood Name Tarnya Smith Occupation Businesswoman | Spouse(s) Steve Smith Political party Liberal National | |
Born 17 March 1965 (age 59)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ( 1965-03-17 ) | ||
Tarnya Lisa Smith (born 17 March 1965) is an Australian Liberal National politician who is the member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Mount Ommaney, having defeated Ben Marczyk at the 2012 state election. She was the candidate for the federal seat of Oxley at the 2010 federal election.
Smith narrowly retained Mount Ommaney following the 2015 election. The narrow defeat of the Newman Government relegated the LNP to opposition and Smith was promoted to Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Multicultural Affairs by Lawrence Springborg. Her elevation to Shadow Minister for Science, Innovation and the Digital Economy came with the election of Tim Nicholls as Opposition Leader on 6 May 2015.
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