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Leanne Donaldson

The Honourable
Leanne Donaldson
MP
Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries
of Queensland
In office
8 December 2015 – 3 November 2016
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk
Preceded by Bill Byrne
Succeeded by Bill Byrne
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Bundaberg
Assumed office
31 January 2015
Preceded by Jack Dempsey
Personal details
Political party Australian Labor Party

Leanne Elizabeth Donaldson is an Australian politician. She has been the Labor member for Bundaberg in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2015.

On 8 December 2015, Donaldson was sworn in as the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries in the second Palaszczuk Cabinet, becoming the first woman to serve in this role.

Donaldson tendered her resignation from cabinet on 3 November 2016 after revelations that she owed $8,000 in unpaid rates to the Bundaberg Regional Council and also that she drove an unregistered vehicle. Her debts were subsequently settled by the Queensland Labor Party.



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