Robbie Katter

Robbie Katter
MP
Katter at an Katter's Australian Party event in Queensland, 2015
Leader of Katter's Australian Party
in Queensland
Assumed office
2 February 2015
Deputy Shane Knuth
Preceded by Ray Hopper
In office
26 April 2012 – 29 November 2012
Deputy Shane Knuth
Preceded by Aidan McLindon
Succeeded by Ray Hopper
Member of the Queensland Parliament for Mount Isa
In office
24 March 2012 – 25 November 2017
Preceded by Betty Kiernan
Succeeded by Seat abolished
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Traeger
Assumed office
25 November 2017
Preceded by New seat
Personal details
Born Robert Carl Ignatius Katter
(1977-03-03) 3 March 1977
Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Political party Australian (since 2011)
Other political
affiliations		 National (before 2001)
Independent (2001–2011)
Spouse(s)
Stacey Milner
(m. 2005; div. 2009)
[1]
Daisy Hatfield
(m. 2017)
[2][3]
Relations Bob Katter Sr. (grandfather)
Carl Katter (half–uncle)
Alex Douglas (cousin)
See Katter family
Parents Bob Katter Jr.
Susan O'Rourke
Residence Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
Education St. Columba Catholic College
Alma mater Queensland University of Technology
Occupation Property developer
(Elders Limited)
Executive official
(Southern Gulf NRM)
Profession Businessman
Politician
Website robbiekatter.com.au

Robert Carl Ignatius Katter (born 3 March 1977) is an Australian politician. He serves as the member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Traeger, having previously represented Mount Isa from 2012 to 2017.[4] He is Queensland state leader of Katter's Australian Party.

Biography

Early life

Katter was born on 3 March 1977 in North Queensland.[4][5] His father is Bob Katter, the federal member for Kennedy and founder of Katter's Australian Party. He received a Bachelor of Applied Science in Property Economics from the Queensland University of Technology.[4]

Career

Katter started his career as a mine worker in Mount Isa.[4][5]

He won Mount Isa at the 2012 state election, pushing Labor incumbent Betty Kiernan into third place.[5][6] He capitalised on his family's name recognition in the area. Mount Isa was virtually coextensive with the western portion of his father's federal seat of Kennedy, and much of the eastern portion of the seat was once part of the elder Katter's state seat of Flinders.

After his election to the Legislative Assembly, he became Queensland leader of his father's party, but on 29 November 2012, it was announced that he had been succeeded as leader by Ray Hopper, and would become the party's "parliamentary secretary".[7] Following Hopper's defeat at the 2015 election, Katter once again became state leader.[8]

The state electorate of Mount Isa was abolished in 2017, and Katter contested the new seat of Traeger. The new seat was essentially the northern portion of Katter's former seat, and included the city of Mount Isa. The seat was created as a comfortably safe KAP seat, and Katter won it handily.

He serves on the boards of the Laura Johnson Home, a retirement home, and the Southern Gulf Catchments, an environmental organisation.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Subscribe - couriermail". www.couriermail.com.au.
  2. ↑ "Katter caught by ABC reporter".
  3. ↑ MacIntyre, Esther (4 September 2017). "Wedding bells for Daisy Hatfield and Robbie Katter".
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Queensland, c=AU; o=The State of Queensland; ou=Parliament of. "Former Members Bio". www.parliament.qld.gov.au.
  5. 1 2 3 "Rob". robkatter.com.au.
  6. ↑ "Mount Isa - Queensland Votes 2012 - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". www.abc.net.au.
  7. ↑ Hurst, Daniel (29 November 2012). "LNP defector clinches Katter party leadership". brisbanetimes.com.au. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
  8. ↑ "Katter's Australian Party could hold the ticket to government in dramatic Queensland election". ABC Online. 2 February 2015.
Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by
Betty Kiernan		 Member for Mount Isa
2012–2017		 Abolished
New seat Member for Traeger
2017–present		 Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by
Aidan McLindon		 Leader of Katter's Australian Party in Queensland
2012		 Succeeded by
Ray Hopper
Preceded by
Ray Hopper		 Leader of Katter's Australian Party in Queensland
2015-present		 Incumbent


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