Lorraine Bird

{{Short description|Australian politician}}

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| constituency_AM1 = Whitsunday

| assembly1 = Queensland Legislative

| term_start1 = 2 December 1989

| term_end1 = 13 June 1998

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| successor1 = Harry Black

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Lorraine Rita Bird (born 12 February 1942) is a former Australian politician.

Bird worked as an antiques dealer and community development worker, and joined the Labor Party in 1979. In 1985 she was elected to Pioneer Shire Council (serving until 1991), and in 1989 was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly as the Labor member for Whitsunday. In February 1996 she was appointed Shadow Minister for Tourism, and she was shuffled to Shadow Minister for Public Works and Administrative Services in December 1996 before leaving the front bench in August 1997. In 1998 she was defeated by a One Nation candidate.{{cite web|title=Former Members|publisher=Parliament of Queensland|year=2015| url= http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=2684992248|accessdate= 16 February 2015}}