Barbara Stone
{{Short description|Australian politician}}
{{for|the fictional character Barbara Stone|Ruthless People{{!}}Ruthless People}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Barbara Stone
| image =
| office = Member for Springwood
| term_start = 17 February 2001
| term_end = 24 March 2012
| predecessor1 = Grant Musgrove
| successor1 = John Grant
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1962|1|28}}
| birth_place = Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
| death_date =
| death_place =
| nationality = Australian
| party = Labor
| spouse =
| occupation = Australia Post, Electorate Officer
| profession =
| religion =
}}
Barbara Gwendoline Stone (born 28 January 1962) is an Australian politician. She was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Springwood and is a member of the Labor Party.
Before politics
Stone graduated with an Associate Diploma in Business Management and a Bachelor of Business (HRM) at Queensland University of Technology. She then worked at Australia Post for a number of years before becoming an Electorate Officer for Judy Spence, State Member for Mount Gravatt.{{cite news | date = 31 January 2001 | title = Faction-free woman | work = Albert & Logan News | location = Brisbane, Australia | page = 12 }}
Politics
Stone entered Parliament after the 2001 state election, having been selected after the sitting member, Labor's Grant Musgrove, resigned in the wake of an electoral rorting scandal.{{cite news | last = Vale | first = Byron | date = 25 January 2001 | title = Frontline apathy as the battle rages - Voters unmoved by rorts upheaval | work = The Courier-Mail | location = Brisbane, Australia | page = 11 }} She subsequently won the 2004, 2006 and 2009 elections, making her the longest-serving Member in the Springwood electorate.{{cite news | date = 15 May 2009 | title = Stepping Stone to success | work = Albert & Logan News | location = Brisbane, Australia | page = 4 }} She lost the seat at the 2012 state election.
Stone served in a number of positions in the government, including as the Chair of the Law, Justice and Safety Committee. She was also a member of a number of Ministerial Legislative Committees including Police and Corrective Services, Transport and Main Roads, Emergency Services and Sports, and was elected Chair of Caucus for the Labor Party.{{cite web|title=Former Members|publisher=Parliament of Queensland|year=2015| url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=3145850163|accessdate= 15 February 2015}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{s-start}}
{{s-par|au-qld}}
{{s-bef|before= Grant Musgrove}}
{{s-ttl |title= Member for Springwood|years=2001–2012}}
{{s-aft|after=John Grant}}
{{s-end}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928081418/http://www.barbarastonemp.com/ Official website]
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stone, Barbara}}
Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
Category:Queensland University of Technology alumni
Category:Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland
Category:21st-century Australian politicians
Category:21st-century Australian women politicians
Category:Women members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly