Curtis Pitt
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The Honourable Curtis Pitt MP |
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| Treasurer of Queensland | |
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Assumed office 14 February 2015 |
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| Premier | Annastacia Palaszczuk |
| Preceded by | Tim Nicholls |
| Minister of Sport of Queensland | |
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Assumed office 7 December 2015 |
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| Premier | Annastacia Palaszczuk |
| Preceded by |
Bill Byrne (Sport and Racing) |
| Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships of Queensland | |
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Assumed office 14 February 2015 |
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| Premier | Annastacia Palaszczuk |
| Preceded by |
Glen Elmes (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs) |
| Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations of Queensland | |
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In office 14 February 2015 – 7 December 2015 |
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| Premier | Annastacia Palaszczuk |
| Preceded by |
John-Paul Langbroek (Employment) |
| Succeeded by | Grace Grace |
| Minister for Disabilities, Mental Health and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships of Queensland | |
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In office 21 February 2011 – 26 March 2012 |
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| Premier | Anna Bligh |
| Preceded by |
Annastacia Palaszczuk (Disabilities) Desley Boyle (Partnerships) |
| Succeeded by |
Tracy Davis (Disability Services) Jack Dempsey (Partnerships) |
| Member of the Queensland Parliament for Mulgrave |
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Assumed office 21 March 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Warren Pitt |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1 February 1977 Cairns, Queensland |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Parents | Warren Pitt (father) |
| Alma mater |
James Cook University University of Queensland |
Curtis Warren Pitt (born 1 February 1977) is an Australian politician who has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland since 2009, representing the district of Mulgrave. On 14 February 2015, he was sworn in as Treasurer of Queensland.
Pitt was born in Cairns in Far North Queensland and raised in Gordonvale. He attended Gordonvale Primary School, Gordonvale High School, and completed his secondary education at St Mary's College in Woree. He has a Bachelor of Arts in politics from James Cook University in Cairns.
His father, Warren Pitt, was the member for Mulgrave from 1989 to 1995, when he was defeated by the National Party's Naomi Wilson, and again from 1998 to 2009.
Prior to announcing his intention to run for parliament, Pitt was head of the Queensland Government's Indigenous Jobs and Enterprises Taskforce. He had previously led the government's business and skilled migration program.
Pitt was elected to the seat of Mulgrave, standing for the Labor Party, at the 2009 state election with a 48.51% primary vote and a two-candidate preferred vote (2CP) of 58.08. During his first term, Pitt was Deputy Government Whip (May 2010 – February 2011) and was appointed to the Bligh Ministry in the February 2011 reshuffle as Minister for Disabilities, Mental Health and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships.
During his time in cabinet, he oversaw the launch of the Learning Earning Active Places (LEAP) strategy to close the gap for the nearly 80 per cent of Queenslanders who live in urban and regional areas who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders. In 2011 he also released 'Just Futures', the Queensland Government's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander justice strategy to reduce the over-representation of Indigenous people in the criminal justice system. During NAIDOC 2011, he launched the 'Deadly Stories' campaign.
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