Jeff Knuth
{{Short description|Australian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=February 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix =
|name = Jeff Knuth
|honorific-suffix =
|image =
|caption =
|office2 = Leader of the Country Party Queensland
|deputy2 = Paddy Embry
Frank Hough
| term_start2 = 5 August 1999
| term_end2 = 2 May 2000
7 February 2004 – 6 September 2008
| predecessor2 = Party established
| successor2 = Party merged;
(New Country Party,
One Nation Queensland)
| office4 = Party Whip in the
Queensland Legislative Assembly
| leader4 = Bill Feldman
| term_start4 = 23 June 1998
| term_end4 = 23 February 1999
| predecessor4 = Office established
| successor4 = Jack Paff
| constituency_AM5 = Burdekin
| assembly5 = Queensland Legislative
| term_start5 = 13 June 1998
| term_end5 = 17 February 2001
| predecessor5 = Mark Stoneman
| successor5 = Steve Rodgers
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|3|9|df=y}}
|birth_place = Ayr, Queensland, Australia
|death_date =
|death_place =
|restingplace =
|birthname = Jeffrey Alan Knuth
|nationality =
|party = One Nation (1997–1999; 2014–2017)
|otherparty = National (before 1997)
Independent (1999; 2003–2004)
Queensland Country (1999–2000)
City Country Alliance (2000–2003)
New Country (2004–2008)
Liberal National (2008–2011)
Australian (2011–2014)
|spouse =
| alma_mater =
| occupation = Painter and decorator
(Self-employed)
| profession = {{hlist|Tradesman|interior designer}}
| relations = Shane Knuth (brother)
| religion =
}}
Jeffrey Alan Knuth (born 9 March 1962) is an Australian politician.
Biography
Born in Ayr, Queensland, he was a painter and decorator before entering politics. In 1998, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland as a member of Pauline Hanson's One Nation, representing the seat of Burdekin. He was party whip and spokesperson for Public Works and Housing until 23 February 1999, when he resigned from the party to sit as an independent. On 5 August, he formed the Country Party Queensland (initially known as New Country Party QLD) as a splinter group from One Nation, but on 18 February 2000 joined the larger City Country Alliance, led by Bill Feldman.{{cite web|title=Former Members|publisher=Parliament of Queensland|year=2015| url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=3836827589|accessdate= 5 February 2015}} He was defeated by Labor's Steve Rodgers in 2001, and contested the seat in the 2004 state election as an independent with the support of federal independent MP Bob Katter. While he lost, his preferences were enough to help the Nationals' Rosemary Menkens defeat Rodgers. He later became aligned with the national New Country Party.
His brother, Shane Knuth, won the seat of Charters Towers for the National Party and later joined Katter's Australian Party with Jeff.
He rejoined One Nation in 2014. The following year, he contested the 2015 state election in the seat of Thuringowa as a One Nation candidate. He was unsuccessful in winning the seat, polling fourth with 7.4% of the vote.
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Category:One Nation members of the Parliament of Queensland
Category:Independent members of the Parliament of Queensland
Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
Category:21st-century Australian politicians
Category:People from Ayr, Queensland
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