Stirling Hinchliffe
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The Honourable Stirling Hinchliffe MP |
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| Minister for Transport and the Commonwealth Games | |
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In office 8 December 2015 – 6 February 2017 |
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| Premier | Annastacia Palaszczuk |
| Preceded by | Jackie Trad (Transport) Kate Jones (Commonwealth Games) |
| Succeeded by | Jackie Trad (Transport) Kate Jones (Commonwealth Games) |
| Assistant Minister of State Assisting the Premier of Queensland | |
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In office 16 February 2015 – 8 December 2015 |
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| Premier | Annastacia Palaszczuk |
| Preceded by | Glen Elmes (Minister assisting the Premier of Queensland) |
| Succeeded by | Mark Ryan |
| Leader of the House of Queensland | |
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Assumed office 16 February 2015 |
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| Premier | Annastacia Palaszczuk |
| Preceded by | Ray Stevens |
| Minister for Employment and Skills of Queensland | |
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In office 21 February 2011 – 26 March 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Andrew Fraser (Employment) |
| Succeeded by | John-Paul Langbroek (Training and Employment) |
| Minister for Mining of Queensland | |
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In office 21 February 2012 – 26 March 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Stephen Robertson (Mines) |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Cripps (Mines) |
| Minister for Infrastructure and Planning of Queensland | |
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In office 26 March 2009 – 21 February 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Paul Lucas |
| Succeeded by | Paul Lucas (as Minister for Local Government) |
| Member of the Queensland Parliament for Stafford | |
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In office 9 September 2006 – 24 March 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Terry Sullivan |
| Succeeded by | Chris Davis |
| Member of the Queensland Parliament for Sandgate | |
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Assumed office 31 January 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Kerry Millard |
| Personal details | |
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23 November 1970 Dalby, Queensland |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Spouse(s) | Megan Clarke |
| Children | Three |
| Alma mater | University of Queensland |
Stirling James Hinchliffe (born 23 November 1970) is an Australian politician. Born in Dalby, Queensland, he was educated at state schools and received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Queensland. He was a property industry analyst, policy manager, policy advisor and executive officer before his entry into politics. He had a long involvement with the Australian Labor Party, which included a position as National Secretary of Young Labor in 1995. In the 2006 Queensland state election, he was elected to the safe Labor seat of Stafford, which he represented until being defeated in the Queensland state election, 2012. Hinchliffe previously served as a cabinet minister in the Bligh Ministry
Hinchliffe returned to parliament in 2015 as the member for Sandgate. He was sworn in as Assistant Minister of State Assisting the Premier in the Palaszczuk Ministry on 16 February 2015. He was also nominated as Leader of the House, an appointment confirmed when the Legislative Assembly of Queensland met for the first time following the election.
In December 2015, he was elevated to Minister for Transport and the Commonwealth Games. In 2017 he resigned as the Minister for Transport and the Commonwealth Games following an ongoing series of railway passenger services being cancelled due to insufficient train drivers, a situation exacerbated by the opening in 2016 of the Redcliffe Peninsula railway line. However, the Strachan Inquiry did not attribute any blame to Hinchliffe, instead pointing to internal structural and cultural issues within Queensland Rail as the cause of the problems.
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