Labor People - James Bidgood

James Bidgood

Member for Dawson

Dawson Electorate Office
2/21 Milton Street
Mackay QLD 4740
Postal Address:
PO Box 1697
Mackay QLD 4740
(07) 4944 0662
(07) 4944 0575

Parliament House Office
PO Box 6022
House of Representatives
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
(02) 6277 4502
(02) 6277 8513
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Biography

James Bidgood MP (B.Sc Hons, Social Science) was elected on the 24th of November 2007. He is a Former Mackay City Councillor and previous Financial Director of Caneland Medical Centre and One Stop Medical.

James´background in the health profession highlights his passion for the delivery of quality health care.

While an apprentice in the UK, James experienced the tough anti-union, anti-worker laws in the 1980s under the Thatcher Government. This inspired him to join the Labour Party in Britain and campaign tirelessly against the Conservatives.

James joined the ALP in February 1994, and has helped Labor candidates fight at every election since that time.

James believes in accountable government and grassroots democracy listening to the people of Dawson and giving them a say as to how they are governed.

James has 3 children aged 6, 8 and 11.

Electorate Profile: Dawson

State: Queensland

Name Derivation: Named after Andrew (Anderson) Dawson 1863-1910, Queensland's first Labor Premier 1899.

Area and Location Description: Dawson covers an area of approximately 18 052 sq km from Mackay, Bakers Creek and Walkerston in the south to Oonoonba and the Ross River in the north and also includes the Whitsunday Group and the Lindeman Group Islands. Main towns include Airlie Beach, Ayr, Bowen, Home Hill, Proserpine and Walkerston as well as the City of Mackay.

Products/Industries of the Area: Various small crops, prawn and fish farms, sugar growing and refining, beef cattle, coal mining related industries, abattoirs and tourism.

First Proclaimed/Election: 1949

Demographic Rating: Rural

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