William Francis Baumann (born 12 October 1942) is a former Australian politician. He was the
National Party member for
Albert in the
Legislative Assembly of Queensland
The Legislative Assembly of Queensland is the sole chamber of the unicameral Parliament of Queensland established under the Constitution of Queensland. Elections are held every four years and are done by full preferential voting. The Assembl ...
from 1995 to 2001.
Born in
Southport
Southport is a seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 90,336, making it the eleventh most populous settlement in North West England.
Southport lies on the Iris ...
, 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
Sita Buslines
Transit Systems Victoria, formerly Sita Buslines, is a bus and coach operator in Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/ Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and th ...
.
[The Challenge of Change '' Truck & Bus Transportation'' November 1995 page 58]
In
1995
File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake strike ...
Baumann defeated
John Szczerbanik to win the seat of
Albert for the National Party. Following
Labor's formation of government
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...
, he became Opposition Whip. He did not recontest Albert at the
2001 election choosing instead to contest the new seat of