Peter Lindsay

{{short description|Australian politician}}

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{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2016}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = The Honourable

| name = Peter Lindsay

| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM|size=100%}}

| image =

| alt = Peter Lindsay in 2007

| caption = Lindsay in 2007

| constituency_MP = Herbert

| parliament = Australian

| majority =

| predecessor = Ted Lindsay

| successor = Ewen Jones

| term_start = 2 March 1996

| term_end = 19 July 2010

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1944|5|4}}

| birth_place = Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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| nationality = Australian

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| party = Liberal Party of Australia

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| website = {{URL|peterlindsay.com.au/}}

| footnotes =

|office1=Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence|termstart1=30 January 2007|termend1=3 December 2007|primeminister1=John Howard|predecessor1=Sandy Macdonald|successor1=Mike Kelly}}

Peter John Lindsay {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}} (born 4 May 1944) is an Australian former politician who served as a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian House of Representatives from March 1996 to July 2010, representing the Division of Herbert, Queensland. In January 2007 he was appointed to the position of Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Defence in the Howard government. He was born in Brisbane, Queensland, and was a television station production manager and General Manager of Townsville Television from 1972 to 1996 before entering politics. He was a member of the City of Townsville City Council from 1985 to 1996.[http://www.aph.gov.au/house/members/biography.asp?id=HK6 The Hon Peter Lindsay MP, Member for Herbert (Qld)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100505201610/http://www.aph.gov.au/house/members/biography.asp?id=HK6 |date=5 May 2010 }}, Parliament of Australia, 20 January 2010.

In January 2010, Lindsay announced he would not contest the 2010 federal election.Lyons, Niki: [https://web.archive.org/web/20100129052754/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/27/2802097.htm Lindsay quits politics], Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 27 January 2010. In 2011, Lindsay was appointed to the board of Origin Net and as the Chairman of Global Voices.{{Cite news|url=https://globalvoices.org.au/blog/peter-lindsay-oam|title=Congratulations to the Hon. Peter Lindsay OAM|work=Global Voices|access-date=21 May 2018|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180522042208/https://globalvoices.org.au/blog/peter-lindsay-oam|archive-date=22 May 2018|url-status=dead}} In 2012, Lindsay was appointed as the Chairman of Guildford Coal.{{cite web

| url = http://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20120418/pdf/425p81tp9vjm7v.pdf

| title = Guildford Appoints Independent Chairman

| last = Avery

| first = Mike

| date = 18 April 2012

| website = asx.com.au

| publisher = ASX

| access-date= 3 September 2015

}} In 2014, Lindsay accepted the appointment of Deputy Chancellor James Cook University.

{{cite web

|url = http://www-public.jcu.edu.au/news/JCU_138115

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140618231722/http://www-public.jcu.edu.au/news/JCU_138115

|url-status = dead

|archive-date = 18 June 2014

|title = JCU's New Governing Body

|last = Davis

|first = Richard

|date = 17 June 2014

|website = www-public.jcu.edu.au

|publisher = JCU

|access-date = 3 September 2015

}} Later in 2014, Lindsay was appointed to the boards of the Defence Honours & Awards Appeal Tribunal,{{Cite web|url=https://defence-honours-tribunal.gov.au/about/former-chairs-and-members/the-hon-peter-lindsay/|title=Defence Honours and Awards Appeals Tribunal {{!}} Australian Government The Hon Peter Lindsay OAM|website=defence-honours-tribunal.gov.au|language=en-US|access-date=21 May 2018}} the Queensland Government's Gambling Community Benefit Committee{{Cite web|url=http://www.justice.qld.gov.au/corporate/sponsorships-and-grants/grants/community-benefit-funding-programs/gambling-community-benefit-fund-committee-members2|title=Gambling Community Benefit Committee members|last=Queensland|first=Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney-General|date=13 October 2014|website=www.justice.qld.gov.au|language=en-AU|access-date=21 May 2018}} and the Constitution Education Fund Australia.{{Cite news|url=http://cefa.org.au/hon-peter-lindsay|title=The Hon Peter Lindsay|date=20 August 2014|work=Constitution Education Fund Australia|access-date=21 May 2018|language=en}} In 2016, Peter was awarded the medal of the Order of Australia.

{{cite web

| url = http://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/honours/qb/qb2016/nS_29ods1A/Media%20Notes%20-%20OAM%20(F-L).pdf

| title = MEDAL (OAM) OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA IN THE GENERAL DIVISION

| last = Fagan

| first = Bruce

| date = 13 June 2016

| website = gg.gov.au

| publisher = Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia

| access-date = 13 June 2016

}}