Ray Hopper
| Ray Hopper | |
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| Leader of Katter's Australian Party in Queensland |
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In office 29 November 2012 – 2 February 2015 |
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| Deputy | Shane Knuth |
| Preceded by | Robbie Katter |
| Succeeded by | Robbie Katter |
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Condamine | |
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In office 21 March 2009 – 31 January 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Seat established |
| Succeeded by | Pat Weir |
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Darling Downs | |
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In office 17 February 2001 – 21 March 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Seat established |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
3 March 1960 Jandowae, Queensland, Australia |
| Political party | Australian (2012–present) |
| Other political affiliations |
Independent (before 2001) National (2001–2008) Liberal National (2008–2012) |
| Spouse(s) |
Joanne Deacon (m. 1986; div. 2010) Jeanette Sutherland (m. 2010) |
| Children | 3 |
Raymond Gordon "Ray" Hopper (born 3 March 1960) is a former Australian politician. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2001 to 2015. Originally elected as the member for Darling Downs as an independent in 2001, he joined the National Party later that year and the Liberal National Party in 2008.
On the abolition of his seat of Darling Downs in 2008, Hopper was elected as the member for Condamine. On 24 November 2012, Hopper resigned from the Liberal National Party and joined Katter's Australian Party. On 29 November it was announced that he had become the parliamentary leader of Katter's Australian Party, taking over from Robbie Katter, the son of the party's founder. He contested Nanango for the party in 2015, but was defeated.
During his time in Parliament, Hopper held a range of roles in opposition, namely the Shadow Minister for Racing, the Shadow Minister for Natural Resources and Mines, the Shadow Minister for Employment and Training, the Shadow Minister for Natural Resources and Mines, the Shadow Minister for Natural Resources and Water, the Shadow Minister for Food Security and Agriculture, and the Shadow Minister for Primary Industries, Fisheries and Rural and Regional Queensland.
Hopper married his first wife Joanne in 1986. They had three children, Jodi, Amy and Ben. In 2010, Hopper split from his wife after a longstanding affair with his later-second wife, Jeanette Sutherland.
Ben Hopper stood for his father's seat of Condamine at the 2015 state election in an effort to replace him, as he was standing for the seat of Nanango.
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