William Francis Baumann (born 12 October 1942) is a former Australian politician. He was the

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member for

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in the

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from 1995 to 2001. Born in

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, Baumann was chairman of Coachtrans Australia, the largest coach company on the Gold Coast with a fleet of 150 vehicles at the time of its sale to

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Baumann defeated John Szczerbanik to win the seat of

for the National Party. Following Labor's formation of government

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, he became Opposition Whip. He did not recontest Albert at the 2001 election choosing instead to contest the new seat of Gaven but was defeated by Labor candidate Robert Poole.

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1942 births Living people National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Queensland Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 21st-century Australian politicians {{Australia-National-politician-stub