Brett Raguse

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Brett Raguse
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Forde
In office
24 November 2007 – 21 August 2010
Preceded byKay Elson
Succeeded byBert van Manen
Personal details
Born (1960-03-24) 24 March 1960 (age 61)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Political partyAustralian Labor Party
Alma materGriffith University
OccupationTeacher, political advisor

Brett Blair Raguse (born 24 March 1960) is a former Australian politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 2007 to 2010, representing the Division of Forde for the Australian Labor Party (ALP).

Early life[]

Raguse was born in Brisbane, Queensland.[1] His unwed 17-year-old mother Denise gave him up for adoption at birth. Prior to entering politics he worked as a compositor, schoolteacher and director of a TAFE college.[2]

Politics[]

Raguse gained Labor pre-selection to contest the normally safe Liberal seat of Forde at the 2007 federal election. A position previously held by retiring Liberal Kay Elson. He won an unexpected 14% swing on election day, easily defeating new Liberal candidate Wendy Creighton in what was generally viewed as one of the main upset results of the election.[3][4] He lost his seat in the 2010 federal election to the LNP candidate Bert van Manen.

In March 2015, Raguse confirmed he would be a candidate for mayor of Logan City in the Queensland local government elections set for 19 March 2016.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "Mr Brett Raguse MP". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  2. ^ Houghton, Des (28 March 2008). "New MPs make true confessions". Courier-Mail. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  3. ^ Chambers, Geoff. "ALP Forde lesson". Gold Coast Bulletin, 26 November 2007.
  4. ^ Flack, Mark. "Raguse rides Labor wave to parliament". Albert and Logan News, 9 November 2007.
  5. ^ Joshua Paterson (25 March 2015). "Brett Raguse wants Logan City mayoralty". Jimboomba Times.
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