Warren Pitt
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The Honourable Frederick Warren Pitt AM |
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| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Mulgrave |
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In office 2 December 1989 – 15 July 1995 |
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| Preceded by | Max Menzel |
| Succeeded by | Naomi Wilson |
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In office 5 December 1998 – 20 March 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Charles Rappolt |
| Succeeded by | Curtis Pitt |
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Frederick Warren Pitt 14 March 1948 Cairns, Queensland, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Spouse(s) | Linda Pitt |
| Relations | Curtis Pitt (son) Dionne Pitt (daughter) Heidi Genevieve Berry (granddaughter) |
| Occupation | Teacher |
Frederick Warren Pitt AM (born 14 March 1948) is an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1989 to 1995 and 1998 to 2009.
Born in Cairns, Pitt was a school teacher before entering politics. He underwent national service and was an army reservist from 1969 to 1975 and was active in the local community, being recognised as Mulgrave Shire Citizen of the Year in 1983.
Pitt was elected to state parliament as the member for Mulgrave at the 1989 state election defeating sitting National Party MP Max Menzel. Pitt was himself defeated two terms later at the 1995 state election by the Nationals' Naomi Wilson. Pitt sought a rematch at the 1998 state election, but leakage of Coalition preferences allowed Charles Rappolt of One Nation to defeat Pitt.
Rappolt resigned only four months into his term, and Pitt narrowly defeated Wilson in the resulting by-election, providing Labor Premier Peter Beattie with a majority in his own right (previously Beattie's government had to rely on the support of independent MP Peter Wellington).
Fortuitously, Pitt served all his time in parliament as a member of the majority party. Consequently, he served in a number of government roles. In the government of Wayne Goss, Pitt served as Deputy Government Whip from March to October 1992, Government Whip from October 1992 to February 1995, and Minister for Business, Industry and Regional Development from February to July 1995.
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