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Your continued donations keep Wikipedia runningBob KatterFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, searchHon Bob KatterRobert Carl Bob Katter (born 22 May 1945), is an Australian federal politician . He has served as a member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1993, representing the Division of Kennedy, Queensland. Until 2001 he represented the National Party of Australia, but left the party that year and continued to hold the seat as an independent. He was born in Cloncurry, Queensland, the son of Bob Katter, Sr., who was MP for Kennedy 1966-90. He was an investor in cattle and mining interests before entering politics.[edit]Political CareerKatter was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1974-92. He was Minister for Northern Development and Aboriginal and Islander Affairs 1983-87, Minister for Northern Development, Community Services and Ethnic Affairs 1987-89, Minister for Community Services and Ethnic Affairs 1989, Minister for Mines and Energy 1989 and Minister for Northern and Regional Development 1989.Katters father was a member of the Australian Labor Party until 1957, when he left during the Labor split of that year and joined the Queensland Labor Party, which later became part of the Democratic Labor Party. He later joined the Country Party, the forerunner of the National Party. Both Katter and his son retained certain elements of Labor political views from the 1950s, including opposition to privatisation and economic deregulation.While in the Queensland Parliament, Katter junior was a strong supporter of the right-wing populist politics of the then-Premier, Joh Bjelke-Petersen. When he transferred to federal politics, he found himself increasingly out of sympathy with the federal Liberal and National parties on economic and social issues. In some ways his views are similar to those espoused by Pauline Hanson and her party, One Nation, although he has always rejected suggestions that he would join One Nation. In 2001 he resigned from the National Party and easily retained his seat as an independent at the general elections of 2001 and 2004, each time ending up with almost 70 percent of the vote after preferences were distributed.[edit]External linksOfficial BiographyRetrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_KatterCategories: 1945 births | Living people | Independent Australian politicians | National Party of Australia politicians | Queensland politicians | Lebanese Australians | Members of the Australian House of Representatives for KennedyViews Article Discussion Edit this page HistoryPersonal toolsSign in / create accountNavigationMain PageCommunity PortalFeatured articlesCurrent eventsRecent changesRandom articleHelpContact WikipediaDonationsSearchToolboxWhat links hereRelated changesUpload fileSpecial pagesPrintable versionPermanent linkCite this article This page was last modified 23:52, 24 September 2006.All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.
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