Jim Madden
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Jim Madden MP |
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Jim Madden, 2014
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| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Ipswich West |
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Assumed office 31 January 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Sean Choat |
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12 April 1958 Ipswich, Queensland, Australia |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
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University of Queensland Queensland University of Technology |
| Occupation | Agronomist |
| Profession | Lawyer |
James Edward Madden (born 12 April 1958) is an Australian politician. He has been the Labor member for Ipswich West in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2015. Madden is a practicing Catholic.
Madden was born and raised in Ipswich. He is a fifth generation Ipswich West resident since his family came to Australia from Ireland in 1863. He attended St Mary’s Primary School and went on to graduate from St Edmund's College. He studied horticulture and agriculture at UQ Gatton before working as an agronomist. He later studied law at QUT.
Before the 2015 election, Madden was a lawyer and councillor for Somerset Regional Council from 2012 to 2015.
Jim Madden was the Labor candidate for Ipswich West in the 2015 Queensland state election. He ran against sitting LNP member Sean Choat. Madden won the district with 57.72 percent of the two-party-preferred vote and a positive swing of 14.87 percent.
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