Nev Warburton

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Queensland Legislative Assembly for Sandgate
In office
12 November 1977 – 19 September 1992
Preceded byHarry Dean
Succeeded byGordon Nuttall
Personal details
Born
Neville George Warburton

23 February 1932
Labor
Spouse
Frances Helen Doig
​
(m. 1956)​
Children3
EducationHendra State School
Occupation
  • Electrician
  • Unionist
  • Politician

Neville George Warburton (23 February 1932 – 5 August 2018)

Goss Ministry
from 1989 to 1992.

Career

Early career

Warburton was elected at the

Harold Dean who had held the seat for the ALP since 1960.[2]

In 1982, following a string of poor election results under Ed Casey, a leadership contest lead to fellow opposition frontbencher Keith Wright defeating Casey in a secret ballot. Warburton was appointed deputy opposition leader in Wright's shadow cabinet, despite having served only five years in parliament.[3]

Warburton became a member of the then dominant Trades and Labour Council faction, an affiliation he retained during his later career.[4]

Leader of the Opposition

In 1984, Wright resigned from the Legislative Assembly to stand for election to

Sydney Morning Herald declared that Warburton was "...a straight up and down politician, no charisma, no nonsense".[6]

Labor approached the

random breath testing in Queensland, and a ban on uranium mining in Queensland,[6] an idea that would become longstanding Labor party policy. Warburton also made overtures to the Liberals, offering to form a coalition government with them in order to break the National Party's grip on power.[7] However, on polling day, the National party won a resounding victory that enabled them to govern in their own right, and Labor lost two seats, despite polling more votes than the Nationals.[8] Warburton hung on as leader of the opposition after this defeat, but eventually handed over the party leadership to Wayne Goss
in 1988.

Minister in the Goss Government

Warburton stayed on the opposition frontbench at the invitation of Goss, and when Labor won power for the first time in over thirty years at the 1989 election, he was appointed as Minister for Employment, Training and Industrial relations. In 1991, he switched portfolios and became Minister for Police and Emergency Services, a post he held until he retired from Parliament in 1992.[5]

Lawn bowler

In addition to his political career, Warburton was also an enthusiastic participant in the sport of

lawn bowls.[9]

Death

Warburton died on 5 August 2018 on the Sunshine Coast.[10] At the time of his death he was the only surviving ALP leader who did not become Premier and the last surviving Opposition Leader who had led his party during its 32 years in Opposition between 1957 and 1989.

References

  1. ^ "Queensland Parliament – Record of Members and Office Holders". Parliament of Queensland. Archived from the original on 11 July 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  2. ^ "Motion of Condolence: Harold Dean" (PDF). Hansard. Queensland Parliament. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  3. ^ Morley, Peter (20 October 2009). "Battle of Brisbane's ship industry". The Courier Mail. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  4. ISBN 978-0-7329-2622-9
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  5. ^ a b "Queensland Parliament Members Register" (PDF). Queensland Parliament. p. 314. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 June 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  6. ^ a b Bowers, Peter (20 October 1986). "Meet Nev, Joh's Rival". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
  7. ^ "It's us or them, Sir Joh tells voters". The Sydney Morning Herald. 28 October 1986. Archived from the original on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
  8. ^ Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 1 November 1986". Archived from the original on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
  9. ^ Loane, Sally (30 November 1989). "Queensland catches up at last". The Age. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
  10. ^ Moore, Tony (9 August 2018). "Former Labor leader Nev Warburton dies aged 86". Brisbane Times. Archived from the original on 9 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by
Harold Dean
 Member for Sandgate
1977–1992 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Leader of the Opposition
1984–1988 		Succeeded by
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