Dale Shuttleworth
| Dale Shuttleworth | |
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| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Ferny Grove |
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In office 24 March 2012 – 31 January 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Geoff Wilson |
| Succeeded by | Mark Furner |
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5 August 1964 Mackay, Queensland |
| Political party | Liberal National Party |
| Children | 3 |
| Website | DaleShuttleworth.com.au |
Dale Shuttleworth (born 5 August 1964) is an Australian Liberal National politician who was the member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Ferny Grove from 2012 to 2015, having defeated the Minister of Health Geoff Wilson at the 2012 state election.
Dale was born in Mackay, Queensland.
After 12 years’ service in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in 1994 retired from active duty. In 1996 Dale moved back to Queensland, and in the time since, has married and raised his three children in the local area he represented.
Whilst in the Navy he gained qualifications in Electronic Engineering. After leaving the Navy he furthered his study, completing a Graduate Diploma in Business Management through Deakin University and the Company Directors Diploma through the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Prior to being elected as the State Member for Ferny Grove he was employed with an Australian software development company, where he was successful in business development and account management. Dale has been a senior manager for a number of Brisbane-based companies providing technical solutions in Communications, Flow (Water/Wastewater) monitoring and telemetry systems or automated machine guidance and GPS collision avoidance or geo-fencing applications.
Prior to joining the LNP, Shuttleworth stood in several elections for the Family First Party. He was a Family First at the 2004 federal election (in Dickson), the 2006 state election (in Everton), and the 2007 federal election (in Dickson). Shuttleworth first contested Ferny Grove at the 2009 state election. He lost to Labor incumbent Geoff Wilson, but managed to slash the Labor margin from a previously safe 11 percent to a marginal four percent. Three years later, he defeated Wilson as part of the massive LNP wave that swept Queensland. He scored a 14-point swing, turning Ferny Grove into a safe LNP seat in one stroke.
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