Anthony Lynham

Anthony Joseph Lynham (born 12 April 1960) is an Australian politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland representing the electoral district of Stafford from 2014 to 2020. He was the Queensland Minister for Natural Resources, Mines and Energy. Lynham was an oral and maxillofacial surgeon.

The Honourable Anthony Lynham
Minister for Energy of Queensland
In office 12 December 2017 – 31 October 2020
Premier	Annastacia Palaszczuk
Preceded by	Mark Bailey
Succeeded by	Mick de Brenni
Minister for Natural Resources and Mines of Queensland
In office 16 February 2015 – 31 October 2020
Premier	Annastacia Palaszczuk
Preceded by	Andrew Cripps
Succeeded by	Scott Stewart
Minister for State Development of Queensland
In office 16 February 2015 – 12 December 2017
Premier	Annastacia Palaszczuk
Preceded by	Jeff Seeney
Succeeded by	Cameron Dick
Shadow Minister for Primary Industries and Fisheries
In office 5 August 2014 – 16 February 2015
Leader	Annastacia Palaszczuk
Preceded by	Tim Mulherin
Succeeded by	Deb Frecklington
Shadow Minister for Education, Science, IT and Innovation
In office 5 August 2014 – 16 February 2015
Leader	Annastacia Palaszczuk
Preceded by	Yvette D'Ath
Succeeded by	Tim Mander (Education) John McVeigh (Science, IT and Innovation)
Member of the Queensland Parliament for Stafford
In office 19 July 2014 – 31 October 2020
Preceded by	Chris Davis
Succeeded by	Jimmy Sullivan
Personal details
Born	Anthony Joseph Lynham 12 April 1960 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Labor
Alma mater	University of Queensland University of Newcastle
Profession	Oral and maxillofacial surgeon

Dental and Medical career

Lynham is a former maxillofacial surgeon who was a consultant surgeon at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital. He also was a member of the hospital trauma team. He graduated in Dentistry from University of Queensland and Medicine from Newcastle University. He holds a surgical fellowship from the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh in the general stream. Further training was completed in Switzerland. One of his roles was the training of maxillofacial surgeons both at the college and hospital level. He is an active researcher and has published regularly. He is an associate professor at the University of Queensland and an adjunct professor at the Queensland University of Technology.

Political career

Lynham was first elected on 19 July 2014 at the Stafford by-election, which resulted from the resignation of former member Chris Davis, defeating the Liberal National candidate Bob Andersen with a 62 percent two-party vote from a 19-point two-party-preferred swing.[1] Lynham then entered the Shadow Cabinet.[2]

Palaszczuk government

On 16 February 2015, he was sworn in as Minister for State Development and Minister for Natural Resources and Mines in the Palaszczuk Ministry.[3]

On 10 September 2020, Lynham announced he would retire from the Queensland Parliament and not contest the seat of Stafford in the 2020 election. [4]

References

1. Green, Antony. "2014 Stafford by-election". ABC News Elections. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 22 July 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
2. "Labor Shadow Cabinet Changes". My Sunshine Coast. 4 August 2014. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
3. "Queensland's new Labor Cabinet sworn in at Government House". Australian Broadcasting Corporation 16 February 2015. Archived from the original on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
4. Lynch, Lydia (10 September 2020). "Mines Minister Anthony Lynham will not contest his seat at election". Brisbane Times. Archived from the original on 17 September 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.

External links

• Parliamentary biography
• Queensland Labor candidate page
• Official website
• Anthony Lynham on Twitter
• Queensland Maxillofacial Group