Jeffrey Alan Knuth (born 9 March 1962) is an Australian politician.

Biography

Born in

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, he was a painter and decorator before entering politics. In 1998, he was elected to the

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as a member of

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's One Nation, representing the seat of Burdekin. He was party whip and spokesperson for Public Works and Housing until 23 February 1999, when he resigned from the party to sit as an

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. On 5 August, he formed the Country Party Queensland (initially known as New Country Party QLD) as a splinter group from One Nation, but on 18 February 2000 joined the larger

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, led by

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. He was defeated by

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's Steve Rodgers in 2001, and contested the seat in the 2004 state election as an independent with the support of federal independent MP

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. While he lost, his preferences were enough to help the Nationals'

Rosemary Menkens Rosemary Norma Menkens (born 10 September 1946) is an Australian politician. She represented the electoral district of Burdekin in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2004 to 2015. Originally elected in 2004 for the National Party, s ...

defeat Rodgers. He later became aligned with the national

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. His brother,

Shane Knuth Shane Andrew Knuth (born 7 September 1966) is an Australian politician. He has been a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2004, representing three successive seats: Charters Towers (2004–2009), Dalrymple (2009–2017) and Hil ...

, won the seat of

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for the National Party and later joined

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with Jeff. He rejoined One Nation in 2014. The following year, he contested the 2015 state election in the seat of Thuringowa as a One Nation candidate. He was unsuccessful in winning the seat, polling fourth with 7.4% of the vote.

References

1962 births Living people One Nation members of the Parliament of Queensland Independent members of the Parliament of Queensland Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly House painters 21st-century Australian politicians {{Australia-Independent-politician-stub