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Naomi Wilson
OAM
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Mulgrave
In office
15 July 1995 – 13 June 1998
Preceded byWarren Pitt
Succeeded byCharles Rappolt
Queensland Minister for Community Services, Youth and Families
In office
February 1998 – June 1998
Succeeded byAnna Bligh
Personal details
Born (1940-01-27) 27 January 1940 (age 86)
Arusha, Tanganyika, East Africa
PartyNational Party
OccupationTeacher, Politician

Naomi Kate Wynn Wilson OAM (born 27 January 1940) is a Tanzanian-born Australian politician and former teacher who was a National Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1995 to 1998, representing the district of Mulgrave.[1]

Family

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Wilson, who was born in Arusha in Tanganyika (now Tanzania), is the daughter[2] of the Welsh Anglican Bishop of Central Tanganyika,[3] William (Bill) Wynn Jones,[3] and of Ruth L. Minton Taylor.[3][2]

Her paternal grandfather Matthew Tertius Jones (1853 - 1912) was a partner of the Welsh international chartered shipbrokerage M. Jones and Bro. (1856 - 1942) of Swansea Docks[4][5][6] that had been founded by her 2nd-great grandfather Matthew Jones Senior (1800 - 1867).[7]

Her maternal great-grandmother was the former senator and Premier of Tasmania, Henry Dobson.

Career

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Wilson was a Mulgrave Shire councillor from 1991 to 1995.[1] Wilson entered state parliament at the 1995 state election by defeating incumbent Labor Party MP Warren Pitt for the seat of Mulgrave.[8] When the National Party came to power under the leadership Rob Borbidge in February 1996, Wilson was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Families, Youth and Community Care. In February 1998 she won promotion to the ministry, becoming the Minister for Families, Youth and Community Care.[1] Wilson held this position until her defeat the following June at the 1998 state election, where she finished in third place behind Labor's Warren Pitt and victorious One Nation candidate Charles Rappolt.[9]

When Rappolt prematurely retired in late 1998 Wilson stood as the endorsed National Party candidate for the Mulgrave by-election, in which she lost slightly to Labor's Warren Pitt.[10] Wilson stood as the National Party candidate in the neighbouring district Cairns during the 2001 state election in which she was defeated by incumbent Labor MP Desley Boyle.[11]

Ancestry

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Ancestors of Naomi Wilson
16. Matthew Jones Senior (1800 - 1867) of Glamorgan
8. Matthew Jones Junior (1828 - 1864) (elder brother of Lieutenant-Colonel William Matthew Jones VD)
17. Sarah Baugh (1802 - 1876)
4. Matthew Tertius Jones (elder brother of Edwin Price Jones (1855 - 1924), Vice-Consul for Chile)
9. Jane Richards (1827 - 1856)
2. The Rt. Rev. William Wynn Jones (brother of The Rev. Matthew Kenneth Jones MBE)
1. Naomi Wilson
3. Ruth L. Minton Taylor
28. John Dobson of Hobart, previously of Gateshead
14. Henry Dobson, Premier of Tasmania
29. Kate Willis (daughter of Richard Willis of the Tasmanian Legislative Council)

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  2. ^ a b "NEW BISHOP APPOINTED". The Sydney Morning Herald. 23 July 1947. p. 4.
  3. ^ a b c "Entry for 'WYNN JONES, WILLIAM (BILL) (1900 - 1950)', Australian Dictionary of Evangelical Biography". Evangelical History Association. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  4. ^ The Herald of Wales, 20 September 1941, 'Well-Known Docksman and Cricketer', p.3
  5. ^ "No. 27514". The London Gazette. 9 January 1903. p. 191.
  6. ^ The Western Mail, 02 March 1912, p. 3
  7. ^ "Entry for M. Jones and Bro., Steamship Agents, 1914 Who's Who in Business".
  8. ^ "1995 Queensland election". Psephos.
  9. ^ "1998 Queensland election". Psephos.
  10. ^ "Mulgrave By-election" (PDF). Electoral Commission of Queensland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 July 2009.
  11. ^ "2001 State General Election - Cairns - District Summary". Electoral Commission of Queensland. Archived from the original on 6 September 2008.
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