Graham Perrett - Member for Moreton

Parliament House Office

PO Box 6022
House of Representatives
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600

Tel:

(02) 6277 4542

Fax:

(02) 6277 8419

Email:

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Moreton Electorate Office

Suite 106, Sunnybank Times Square
250 McCullough Street
Sunnybank QLD 4109

Tel:

(07) 3344 2622

Fax:

(07) 3344 4276

Postal Address:

PO Box 419, Sunnybank Plaza
Sunnybank QLD 4109

Biography

Graham was born in St George in Queensland in 1966 and is the seventh of ten children. He received a Diploma of Teaching in 1985 and taught for three years with Education Queensland on the Darling Downs and far north Queensland, and for eight years in Catholic schools in Brisbane.

Graham was awarded a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in 1993 by the University of Queensland. He commenced studying law part-time in 1995 and received his Bachelor of Laws from the Queensland University of Technology in 1999. Later that year he was admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court.

Graham worked as an organiser with the Queensland Independent Education Union, and was later a Senior Policy Advisor with the Queensland Government. He was ALP candidate for Moreton in the 2004 federal election.

Graham is a keen reader and enjoys running, bushwalking, tennis and community work. He lives in Moorooka with his wife Lea and his two year old son Stanley.

Electorate Profile

State: Queensland

Name Derivation: Named after the area in which it is located. Captain Cook named Moreton Bay in 1770 after the Earl of Morton, which was misspelt to become Moreton.

Area and Location Description: Moreton covers an area of approximately 106 sq km from Fairfield in the north, Graceville, Rocklea and Archerfield in the west, Eight Mile Plains and Kuraby in the east to Drewvale and Berrinba in the South. The main suburbs include Archerfield, Chelmer, Fairfield, Graceville, Karawatha, Kuraby, Macgregor, Moorooka, Nathan, Robertson, Rocklea, Runcorn, Salisbury, Stretton, Sunnybank, Sunnybank Hills, Tennyson, Yeronga and Yeerongpilly and parts of Algester, Berrinba, Calamvale, Coopers Plains, Drewvale, Eight Mile Plains, Parkinson, Sherwood and Tarragindi.

Products/Industries of the Area: The area is mainly residential with some light industrial and commercial activities.

First Proclaimed/Election: 1900/1901

Demographic Rating: Inner Metropolitan

Members:

• Graham Perret (ALP) 2007-
  
• HARDGRAVE, G (LP) 1996-2007
• GIBSON, G D (ALP) 1990-1996
• CAMERON, D M (LP) 1983-1990
• KILLEN, D J (LP) 1955-1983
• FRANCIS, J (NAT/UAP/LP) 1922-1955
• WIENHOLT, A (NAT/CP) 1919-1922
• SINCLAIR, H (ANTI-SOC/LIB/NAT) 1906-1919
• WILKINSON, J (IND LAB/ALP) 1901-1906