Simon Finn (politician)

{{Short description|Australian politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

|honorific-prefix =

|name = Simon Finn

|office1 = Minister for Government Services, Building Industry and Information and Communication Technology of Queensland

|term_start1 = 21 February 2011

|term_end1 = 26 March 2012

|predecessor1 = Robert Schwarten (Public Works and ICT)

|successor1 = Bruce Flegg (as Public Works)
Ros Bates (Science, IT and Innovation)

|office2 = Member of the Queensland Parliament for Yeerongpilly

|term_start2 = 7 February 2004

|term_end2 = 24 March 2012

|predecessor2 = Matt Foley

|successor2 = Carl Judge

|party = Labor

}}

Simon David Finn (born 5 December 1965) is a Labor Party politician who represented the seat of Yeerongpilly in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 7 February 2004 to 24 March 2012.

He was appointed as Minister for Government Services, Building Industry and Information and Communication Technology on 21 February 2011.[http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/view/legislativeAssembly/members_secretaries.asp] {{Cite web |url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/view/legislativeAssembly/members_secretaries.asp |title=Queensland Parliament :: Legislative Assembly :: Parliamentary Secretaries |access-date=14 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091215075225/http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/view/legislativeAssembly/members_secretaries.asp |archive-date=15 December 2009 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} He was also a member of the Parliamentary Criminal Misconduct Committee. Prior to his appointment as Minister for Government Services, Building Industry and Information and Communication Technology, he was Parliamentary Secretary for Industrial Relations.[http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/view/legislativeAssembly/members_secretaries.asp] {{Cite web |url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/view/legislativeAssembly/members_secretaries.asp |title=Queensland Parliament :: Legislative Assembly :: Parliamentary Secretaries |access-date=14 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091215075225/http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/view/legislativeAssembly/members_secretaries.asp |archive-date=15 December 2009 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}

Finn has been an advocate of preserving Brisbane heritage, including the historic Regent Theatre. He sponsored a petition for heritage listing of the venue which was tabled before the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/view/EPetitions_qld/ClosedEPetition.aspx?PetNum=1016&lIndex=-1 Queensland Parliament E-Petition]{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}