Bill Feldman

{{short description|Australian politician}}

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{{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = Sergeant

| name = Bill Feldman

| honorific-suffix =

| image =

| office = Member of the Queensland Police Union Council for Central Queensland

| president = Ian Leavers

| predecessor = Mark Ballin

| term_start = 9 July 2009

| term_end =

| office1 = Leader of City Country Alliance

| deputy1 = Peter Prenzler

| term_start1 = 13 December 1999

| term_end1 = 22 April 2003

| predecessor1 = Party established

| successor1 = Party abolished

| office2 = Leader of One Nation – Queensland

| deputy2 = Dorothy Pratt
Peter Prenzler

| term_start2 = 23 June 1998

| term_end2 = 13 December 1999

| predecessor2 = Heather Hill

| successor2 = Bill Flynn

| constituency_AM3 = Caboolture

| assembly3 = Queensland Legislative

| term_start3 = 13 June 1998

| term_end3 = 17 February 2001

| predecessor3 = Jon Sullivan

| successor3 = Electorate abolished

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|2|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia

| residence = Mackay, Queensland, Australia

| death_date =

| death_place =

| birthname = William Patrick Feldman

| party = One Nation (1997–1999)
City Country Alliance (1999–2003)

| spouse = {{marriage|Gail Feldman|1978}}

| children = 2, including Luke

| alma_mater =

}}

William Patrick Feldman (born 22 February 1958) is a former Australian politician. Born in Kingaroy, Queensland, Feldman was a police officer before entering politics working close with David Dalgleish, having attained the rank of sergeant in 1994.{{cite web|title=Former Members|publisher=Parliament of Queensland|year=2015| url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=3696662755|accessdate= 3 February 2015}} On 7 May 1978 he had married Gail, with whom he has two children, Dannielle and Luke.

In 1998, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland as a member of Pauline Hanson's One Nation, representing the seat of Caboolture. He was the parliamentary leader until December 1999, when he led his remaining colleagues out of One Nation to form the City Country Alliance, of which he became leader. His seat was abolished in 2001 and he contested its replacement, Pumicestone, but was defeated by Labor's Carryn Sullivan, whose husband Jon Sullivan Feldman had defeated in Caboolture in 1998. Feldman did not continue his political career, and instead returned to the police force.{{Cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-20/chris-obrien-and-bill-feldman/7643804|title=Chris O'Brien and Bill Feldman|website=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=20 July 2016 }}

Feldman's son Luke Feldman is a professional cricketer, playing for the Queensland Bulls, Hobart Hurricanes and Sydney Sixers.{{cite news|title=Luke Feldman to play for Queensland against Victoria|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/luke-feldman-to-play-for-queensland-against-victoria/story-e6frf9if-1225802016860|accessdate=22 December 2013|newspaper=The Herald Sun|date=23 November 2009}}