Glenn James Butcher (born 15 April 1972) is an Australian politician currently serving as the Queensland Minister for Regional Development and Manufacturing and Minister for Water. He previously served as the Assistant Minister for Local Government and Infrastructure and Assistant Minister for Transport and Infrastructure respectively. He has been the Labor member for Gladstone in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2015.
Glenn Butcher | |
|---|---|
| Minister for Water of Queensland | |
| Assumed office 19 November 2020 | |
| Premier | Annastacia Palaszczuk |
| Preceded by | New portfolio |
| Minister for Regional Development and Manufacturing of Queensland | |
| Assumed office 11 May 2020 | |
| Premier | Annastacia Palaszczuk |
| Preceded by | Cameron Dick |
| Assistant Minister for Treasury of Queensland | |
| In office 11 December 2017 – 10 May 2020 | |
| Premier | Annastacia Palaszczuk |
| Preceded by | New portfolio |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Assistant Minister for Transport and Infrastructure of Queensland | |
| In office 10 February 2017 – 11 December 2017 | |
| Premier | Annastacia Palaszczuk |
| Preceded by | New portfolio |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Assistant Minister for Local Government and Infrastructure of Queensland | |
| In office 11 November 2016 – 10 February 2017 | |
| Premier | Annastacia Palaszczuk |
| Preceded by | Jennifer Howard |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Gladstone | |
| Assumed office 31 January 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Liz Cunningham |
| Majority | 23.49% |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 April 1972 Gladstone, Queensland |
| Political party | Labor |
| Occupation | Mechanical fitter and machinist |
| Website | www |
Political career edit
Butcher had contested Gladstone in 2012, losing to incumbent independent MP Liz Cunningham.[1]
Member of Parliament edit
Following Cunningham's decision to retire in the lead up to the 2015 election, Gladstone was considered a notionally Labor seat. Butcher won the seat with a 23.2% primary vote swing, and a 25.9% two-party preferred swing in his favour. He actually won enough votes on the first count to win the seat outright, with the Liberal National candidate falling to third place.[2] For some time, it had been a foregone conclusion that Gladstone would revert to Labor once Cunningham retired. The city of Gladstone has been a Labor stronghold for more than a century, and most calculations of "traditional" two-party matchups (Labor v. National before 2009, Labor v. LNP since 2009) during Cunningham's tenure showed it as a safe Labor seat. Indeed, Butcher would have won Gladstone in 2012 on a margin of 11 percent even in the midst of Labor's collapse that year.
Butcher consolidated his hold on Gladstone in 2017, helped by a redistribution that notionally increased his majority from 11.9% to 13%. He picked up a two-candidate swing of 10.7% at the election, this time over a One Nation candidate, with the LNP candidate falling to third place.[3]
In May 2020 Butcher was appointed as the new Minister for Regional Development and Manufacturing in the Second Palaszczuk Ministry, and gained the portfolio of Water following the 2020 Queensland state election.[4]
He was re-elected in 2020 with a primary vote of 64.4%, and took 73.4 percent of the two-party preferred vote,[5] making Gladstone Labor's safest seat outside Brisbane and the third safest Labor seat in the chamber.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "2012 State General Election - Gladstone - District Summary". Electoral Commission of Queensland. Queensland Government. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "Gladstone". Queensland Election 2015. Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
- ^ Green, Antony. "Gladstone". Queensland Election 2017. Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
- ^ "Who's who in Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk's new Queensland Cabinet?". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ "2020 state general election - Gladstone". Electoral Commission of Queensland. Queensland Government. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
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