Max Menzel

Max Menzel
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Mulgrave
In office
29 November 1980 – 2 December 1989
Preceded by Roy Armstrong
Succeeded by Warren Pitt
Personal details
Born Max Richard Menzel
(1941-03-30) 30 March 1941
Tully, Queensland, Australia
Nationality Australian
Political party National Party
Spouse(s) Margaret Dall'Alba (m.1981)

Max Richard Menzel (born 30 March 1941) is a former Australian politician.

He was born in Tully in Queensland to Richard Franz Menzel and Dulcie Margaret, née Kelly. He was a canegrower before entering politics. On 28 August 1981 he married Margaret Dall'Alba, with whom he had a 3 sons and a daughter; Carl, Max, Peter, and Katelyn. In 1980 he was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly as the National Party member for Mulgrave. He was Temporary Chairman of Committees from 1983 to 1986. Menzel was defeated in 1989.[1]

Following his defeat, Menzel left the National Party. He ran for Mulgrave as an independent in 1992, and his wife Margaret ran for the federal seat of Dawson in 2004 as part of a loose group of independents endorsed by Bob Katter.[2] In August 2012 he was elected president of Katter's Australian Party following the dismissal of Rowell Walton.[3] Menzel resigned from both the position and the party in April 2013.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Menzel, Mr Max Richard Archived 11 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine.; Government of Queensland. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  2. ↑ Bowe, William (26 August 2004). "Sugaring the poll". The Poll Bludger. Crikey. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013.
  3. ↑ McCutcheon, Peter (22 August 2012). "Katter's Australia Party faces damaging split". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013.
  4. ↑ Howells, Melinda (15 April 2013). "Troubled Katter's Australian Party loses another president". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 19 May 2013.
Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by
Roy Armstrong		 Member for Mulgrave
1980–1989		 Succeeded by
Warren Pitt


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