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John Kingston

Dr John Kingston
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Maryborough
In office
13 June 1998 – 24 March 2003
Preceded by Bob Dollin
Succeeded by Chris Foley
Personal details
Born John Allan Kingston
(1935-07-07) 7 July 1935 (age 81)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Nationality Australian
Political party Independent
Other political
affiliations
Pauline Hanson’s One Nation
Occupation University lecturer, Businessman

John Allan Kingston (born 7 July 1935) is an Australian politician. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1998 to 2003, representing the electorate of Maryborough.

Kingston was born in Brisbane. He first came to state parliament one of the 11 One Nation candidates elected at the 1998 state election. However, Kingston broke with his party less than a year later and sat as an independent from February 1999. He was re-elected at the 2001 state election before resigning midway through his term in March 2003 citing poor health.

Prior to entering state politics, Kingston was a Maryborough City councillor. He is married to wife Pahninh Silasack with whom he has three adopted children.



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