Aidan McLindon
Aidan Patrick McLindon (born 26 February 1980) is an Australian politician. He was first elected for the seat of Beaudesert to the Queensland State Parliament for the Liberal National Party of Queensland at the 2009 Queensland Election.
Early life
McLindon was born in Darwin in the Northern Territory, and was a bar attendant and musician before entering politics. He attended school at Springwood State High School where he was elected a prefect.
McLindon gained some publicity in the media for his musical interests, especially his involvement in the alternative rock band killTV.[1] McLindon and other members of the band attracted some notoriety as a result of their security breach at a televised Big Brother event in 2005, in protest against the reality program's immorality.[2]
His military service included roles as an infantry soldier and driver 1997–2002 in the Australian Army. McLindon was also Intensive Exercise Trained (IET).[3]
McLindon cites an early interest in politics at the age of 15 from work experience at Queensland Parliament House in 1995. He later went on to complete a degree in Government and Politics, majoring in Public Policy, at Griffith University.[4] McLindon acknowledged a number of academics and political scientists from the university in his inaugural speech to Queensland Parliament.[5]
Political career
In 1998 McLindon was preselected by the Liberal Party of Australia to run for a state seat as Australia's youngest politically endorsed candidate at the age of 17 years old and completed a personal door to door campaign to 17,500 homes.[6]
McLindon previously served as a Logan City councillor 2004–2009, including as Chair of the Environment and Sustainability portfolio. In 2009 he was preselected to succeed Kev Lingard as the Liberal National Party candidate for Beaudesert.[7]
The Beaudesert campaign of 2009 saw several high profile identities and McLindon successfully defeated former One Nation leader Pauline Hanson who contested the seat as an independent.
In early 2010, McLindon attracted significant media attention again by challenging Deputy Leader of the Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP), Lawrence Springborg for his position in the party at a parliamentary meeting of the LNP. The motion for a spill to enable voting for the office of deputy leader of the LNP was seconded, but defeated 29-5. Bundaberg-based LNP MP, Rob Messenger was stripped of his position as Deputy Whip of the Opposition as a consequence of his seconding of McLindon's motion for a vote on the deputy leadership.
References
- ^ www.myspace.com/killtvofficialsite
- ^ http://phorums.com.au/archive/index.php/t-129469.html
- ^ http://aidanmclindon.com
- ^ http://www.lnp.org.au/lnp-article/our-team/aidan-mclindon-candidate-for-beaudesert/300.html
- ^ http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/view/legislativeAssembly/documents/memberBio/InauguralSpeech/mcli2009_04_22_62.pdf
- ^ http://www.lnp.org.au/lnp-article/our-team/654-aidan-mclindon-candidate-for-beaudesert.html
- ^ Queensland Parliament (2009). "McLindon, Aidan Patrick". Retrieved 31 May 2009.
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