- Curtis Pitt
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The Honourable
Curtis Pitt
MPQueensland Minister for Disabilites, Mental Health and Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Parterships Incumbent Assumed office
21 February 2011Premier Anna Bligh Preceded by Desley Boyle (Partnerships) Annastacia Palaszczuk (Disabilites) Member of the Queensland Parliament for Mulgrave Incumbent Assumed office
2009Preceded by Warren Pitt Personal details Political party Australian Labor Party Curtis Warren Pitt (born 1 February 1977) is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2009, representing the district of Mulgrave.
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Early life
Pitt was born and raised in Gordonvale in Far North Queensland. He completed his secondary education at St Mary’s College in Woree. He has a Bachelor of Arts (Politics) from James Cook University.
His father, Warren Pitt, was the member for Mulgrave from 1989 to 1995, when he was defeated by the National Party's Naomi Wilson, and again from 1998 to 2009.
Career
Prior to announcing his intention to run for parliament, Pitt was head of the Queensland Government's Indigenous Jobs and Enterprises Taskforce. He had previously led the government's business and skilled migration program.
Other
Pitt was an Auxiliary Firefighter with the Queensland Fire and Rescue Service. He is a member of Lions Clubs International and Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Support Queensland.[1]
References
- ^ Australian Labor Party Queensland Branch (2009). "Curtis Pitt Candidate For Mulgrave". http://www.qld.alp.org.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=463. Retrieved 25 February 2009.
Categories:- 1977 births
- Living people
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