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Martin James Tenni (4 April 1934 – 20 October 2019) was an Australian politician. He was a
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly This is a list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, the state parliament of Queensland, sorted by parliament. See also * Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral districts This is a list of current and former Electoral dis ...
.


Early life

Martin Tenni was born on 4 April 1934 in
Cairns Cairns (; ) is a city in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia, on the tropical north east coast of Far North Queensland. In the , Cairns had a population of 153,181 people. The city was founded in 1876 and named after William Cairns, Sir W ...
, the son of Henry Tenni and Francis May, ''née'' Reed. After attending state schools in the Cairns area, he underwent national service training in 1952 before entering the hardware business, eventually managing his own company.


Politics

A member of the
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, Tenni was a member of the Mareeba Shire Council from 1970 to 1976 (chairman from 1973 to 1976). In 1974 he was elected to the
Queensland Legislative Assembly 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 Assembly h ...
as the member for Barron River. In 1983 he was promoted to the front bench as Minister for Environment, Valuation and Administrative Services. He was moved to Water Resources and Maritime Services in 1986 and to Mines and Energy in 1987, adding Northern Development in 1989. He resigned from parliament on 10 November 1989.


References

1934 births 2019 deaths People from Cairns National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Queensland Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly {{Australia-National-politician-stub