Shane Knuth

Shane Knuth MP
Member of the Queensland Parliament for Dalrymple Charters Towers (2004–2009)
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 February 2004
Preceded by	Christine Scott
Personal details
Born	7 September 1966 Tully, Queensland, Australia
Political party	Australian (2011-present) Previous affiliations; National (before 1997; 1999–2008) Liberal National (2008–2011) Pauline Hanson's One Nation (1997-1999)
Relations	Jeff Knuth (brother)

Shane Andrew Knuth (born 7 September 1966) is an Australian politician. He represented the seat of Charters Towers from 2004–2009, until it was renamed Dalrymple in 2009, in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, for the National Party (2004–08), the Liberal National Party (2008–11) and the Australian Party (2011–present).

Knuth was born in the Queensland town of Tully. His brother Jeff Knuth is a former One Nation parliamentarian.^[1]

Shane Knuth entered the state's parliament as the member for Charters Towers at the 2004 state election by defeating incumbent MP Christine Scott of the Labor Party. At the 2006 state election, Knuth was re-elected; but the redistribution ahead of the 2009 state election combined his district with that of One Nation MP Rosa Lee Long. From this contest, Knuth emerged the victor. He became, as a consequence, the inaugural member for the district of Dalrymple.

On 30 October 2011, Shane Knuth resigned from the Liberal National Party to join Katter's Australian Party.

References

1. Green, Antony (2004). "Charters Towers". 2004 Queensland Election. ABC Elections. Retrieved 7 February 2009.