Peter Lawlor
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The Honourable Peter Lawlor |
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| Minister for Tourism and Fair Trading of Queensland | |
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In office 26 March 2009 – 21 February 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Desley Boyle |
| Succeeded by | Jan Jarratt |
| Member of the Queensland Parliament for Southport | |
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In office 17 February 2001 – 24 March 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Mick Veivers |
| Succeeded by | Rob Molhoek |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1 March 1948 Ayr |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Children | 3 |
| Website | www.peterlawlor.com.au |
Peter Lawlor (born Ayr, Queensland 1 March 1948) is a former Australian Labor Party Member for Southport in the Queensland State Parliament. He served as Queensland Minister for Tourism and Fair Trading. Prior to his term in state parliament he previously served as a councillor on the Gold Coast City Council.
Lawlor served as a Gold Coast City councillor for two terms up to 1994; he chaired the council's planning committee for three years. During his time on council, Lawlor campaigned on environmental issues and to preserve the Gold Coast Broadwater.
At the time Gold Coast City Council had nine aldermen and a mayor. Areas to the north and west of the Gold Coast came under the separate Shire of Albert until the amalgamation of the council and shire in 1995.
In March 1988 Lawlor was elected as Division 3 alderman. At the same election new Mayor Alderman Lex Bell ousted former Mayor Denis Pie. Lex Bell would go on to be elected as the independent member for Surfers Paradise at a by-election in 2001 soon after Lawlor's own election to parliament.
Lawlor and Bell were both re-elected in the March 1991 election for a second term. At this election the previously all-male aldermen were joined by three new women aldermen
As alderman for the Southport area, Lawlor campaigned for the preservation of The Spit as "one of the few undeveloped areas on the Gold Coast". Lawlor blamed the previous Waterways Authority and previous state government for approving resorts that the council did not want to go ahead, neither had required council approval. Vacant land to the south of the Sea World car park was zoned as special purposes under the draft development control plan and could have been developed with a low-rise resort or international hotel. Chairman of the Finance Committee of Gold Coast City Council was concerned about valid compensation claims against the council from developers if previous approvals were revoked now that they came under council control.
Lawlor, Bell and Gary Baildon were the only three aldermen to vote against the amalgamation of Gold Coast City and Albert Shire.
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