The Honourable Cameron Dick MP |
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Minister for Health of Queensland | |
Assumed office 16 February 2015 |
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Premier | Annastacia Palaszczuk |
Preceded by | Lawrence Springborg |
Minister for Ambulance Services of Queensland | |
Assumed office 16 February 2015 |
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Premier | Annastacia Palaszczuk |
Minister for Industrial Relations of Queensland | |
In office 26 March 2009 – 26 March 2012 |
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Premier | Anna Bligh |
Preceded by | John Mickel |
Succeeded by | Office abolished |
Minister for Education of Queensland | |
In office 21 February 2011 – 26 March 2012 |
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Premier | Anna Bligh |
Preceded by | Geoff Wilson |
Succeeded by | John-Paul Langbroek |
Attorney-General of Queensland | |
In office 26 March 2009 – 21 February 2011 |
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Premier | Anna Bligh |
Preceded by | Kerry Shine |
Succeeded by | Paul Lucas |
Member of the Queensland Parliament for Greenslopes | |
In office 21 March 2009 – 24 March 2012 |
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Preceded by | Gary Fenlon |
Succeeded by | Ian Kaye |
Member of the Queensland Parliament for Woodridge | |
Assumed office 31 January 2015 |
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Preceded by | Desley Scott |
Personal details | |
Born | Brisbane, Queensland |
Political party | Australian Labor Party |
Alma mater |
Trinity Hall, Cambridge University of Queensland |
Profession | Barrister |
Cameron Robert Dick is an Australian politician and member of the Australian Labor Party. He is the Minister for Health and Minister for Ambulance Services in the Palaszczuk Ministry and a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, representing the seat of Woodridge. Previously he was Attorney-General, Minister for Education and Minister for Industrial Relations in the Bligh government representing the electorate of Greenslopes.
Dick's family arrived in Queensland from Scotland in 1862 aboard the sailing ship Conway. His father, a veteran of the Second World War serving in the Royal Australian Navy (1941–1945), was a butcher and later an owner and operator of taxi cabs. His mother was a nurse.
He grew up in the suburb of Holland Park and attended a local primary school, Marshall Road State School.
He is the brother of Milton Dick, member of the Australian House of Representatives for Oxley and former Brisbane City Council Labor leader.
Dick was educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School, formerly known as the Church of England Grammar School. He studied at the University of Queensland, and graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Laws, and later, a Bachelor of Arts. He gained a Master of Law at Trinity Hall, Cambridge.
After undertaking articles of clerkship at Brisbane law firm Goss Downey Carne, he was admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland and the High Court of Australia.