Tracy Davis

Tracy Davis
Shadow Minister for Education
In office
6 May 2016  25 November 2017
Leader Tim Nicholls
Preceded by Tim Mander
Shadow Minister for Communities, Child Safety, Disability Services and the Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence
In office
14 February 2015  6 May 2016
Leader Lawrence Springborg
Preceded by Desley Scott
Succeeded by Ros Bates
Minister for Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services of Queensland
In office
3 April 2012  14 February 2015
Premier Campbell Newman
Preceded by Karen Struthers (Community Services)
Phil Reeves (Child Safety)
Curtis Pitt (Disabilities)
Succeeded by Shannon Fentiman (Communities and Child Safety)
Coralee O'Rourke (Disability Services)
Member of the Queensland Parliament
for Aspley
In office
21 March 2009  25 November 2017
Preceded by Bonny Barry
Succeeded by Bart Mellish
Personal details
Born (1962-12-08) 8 December 1962
Nambour, Australia
Political party Liberal National Party

Tracy Ellen Davis (born 8 December 1962) is an Australian politician. She was a Liberal National Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2009 to 2017, representing the district of Aspley. She was Minister for Communities, Child Safety and Disabilities in the 2012–15 Newman government.[1]

Early life

Davis was born in Nambour, Queensland, but attended primary school at East Hills in New South Wales. She attended high school at Pine Rivers, was an army officer cadet for six months in 1982 and became a receptionist. She became a small business owner in 1995.[2]

Politics

In 2009, Davis defeated Labor MP Bonny Barry to win the seat of Aspley for the Liberal National Party. She had previously contested the seat as a Liberal candidate.

Davis was appointed the Shadow Minister for Public Transport following a Langbroek Cabinet shuffle in November 2010. In 2011 she was appointed as Shadow Minister for Disability Services, Mental Health and Child Safety.

She lost her seat to Labor candidate Bart Mellish at the 2017 election.[3]

References

  1. "Premier announces new Ministry". Department of Premier and Cabinet. 30 March 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
  2. "Tracy Ellen Davis". Retrieved 31 May 2009.
  3. "Qld seats set to change hands in election". SBS. 26 November 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by
Bonny Barry
Member for Aspley
2009–2017
Succeeded by
Bart Mellish


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