Rosa Lee Long
| Rosa Lee Long | |
|---|---|
| Leader and President of One Nation | |
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In office 1 June 2004 – 13 May 2013 |
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| Vice President | Ian Nelson Jim Savage |
| Preceded by | John Fischer (as President) |
| Succeeded by | Jim Savage (as President) Pauline Hanson (as Leader) |
| Leader of One Nation in Queensland | |
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In office 18 April 2002 – 20 March 2009 |
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| Deputy | Jim Savage |
| Preceded by | Bill Flynn |
| Succeeded by | Jim Savage |
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Tablelands |
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In office 17 February 2001 – 20 March 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Shaun Nelson |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Mayor of Tablelands | |
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In office 28 April 2012 – 19 March 2016 |
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| Succeeded by | Joe Paronella |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Rosa Theresa Long 2 October 1945 Atherton, Queensland |
| Nationality |
 Australian
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| Political party | Pauline Hanson's One Nation |
| Occupation | |
| Profession | Politician |
Rosa Therese Lee Long (née Long, born 2 October 1945) is a former member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland representing the electorate Tablelands in Northern Queensland, Australia for the One Nation Party. Lee Long served three consecutive terms in office between 2001 and 2009, making her One Nation's longest serving politician.
Prior to the 2009 Queensland state election, the electorate of Tablelands was abolished and the Electoral district of Dalrymple was introduced. Lee Long contested the new electorate but lost to Liberal National candidate Shane Knuth.
Lee Long was the mayor of the Tablelands Regional Council from April 2012 until March 2016.
Lee Long was born in Atherton, Queensland, and has three daughters. Lee Long is a widow, her late husband was of Chinese descent, a fact that has aroused considerable interest given the One Nation Party's strong anti-immigration stance.
Before entering parliament, Lee Long worked as a grazier, a public servant, and owned a small business.
Lee Long was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in 2001 to represent the seat of Tablelands. Tablelands had before 1998 been a safe seat for the National Party, but fell at the 1998 election to Shaun Nelson of the One Nation Party. Lee Long was a campaign worker for Nelson during this election. Nelson subsequently left the party in 1999 amid internal tensions, and recontested the seat at the 2001 election as an independent, losing out to Lee Long. By this point, support for the One Nation party had sharply declined from the party's high point, and Lee Long was one of only three One Nation MPs in the Legislative Assembly.
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