Betty Margaret Kiernan (born 27 August 1955) is an Australian politician. Born in

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, she was an electorate officer and corporate manager before entering politics, and had served on Cloncurry Shire Council from 1981 to 1990. A member of the Labor Party, she was elected to the

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as the member for

. She lost her seat in the 2012 state election amid Labor's collapse that year, being pushed into third place on the primary vote, behind winner

Robbie Katter Robert Carl Ignatius Katter (born 3 March 1977) is an Australian politician. He serves as the member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Traeger, having previously represented Mount Isa from 2012 to 2017. He is the leader of Katter's ...

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and the Liberal National candidate.

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1955 births Living people Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly North West Queensland People from Mount Isa Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland 21st-century Australian politicians 21st-century Australian women politicians Women members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly {{Australia-Labor-Queensland-MP-stub