Stirling Hinchliffe

The Honourable Stirling Hinchliffe MP
Minister for Transport and the Commonwealth Games
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 December 2015
Premier	Annastacia Palaszczuk
Preceded by	Jackie Trad (Transport) Kate Jones (Commonwealth Games)
Assistant Minister of State Assisting the Premier of Queensland
In office 16 February 2015 – 8 December 2015
Premier	Annastacia Palaszczuk
Preceded by	Glen Elmes (Minister assisting the Premier of Queensland)
Succeeded by	Mark Ryan
Leader of the House of Queensland
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 February 2015
Premier	Annastacia Palaszczuk
Preceded by	Ray Stevens
Minister for Employment and Skills of Queensland
In office 21 February 2011 – 26 March 2011
Preceded by	Andrew Fraser (Employment)
Succeeded by	John-Paul Langbroek (Training and Employment)
Minister for Mining of Queensland
In office 21 February 2012 – 26 March 2012
Preceded by	Stephen Robertson (Mines)
Succeeded by	Andrew Cripps (Mines)
Minister for Infrastructure and Planning of Queensland
In office 26 March 2009 – 21 February 2011
Preceded by	Paul Lucas
Succeeded by	Paul Lucas (as Minister for Local Government)
Member of the Queensland Parliament for Stafford
In office 9 September 2006 – 24 March 2012
Preceded by	Terry Sullivan
Succeeded by	Chris Davis
Member of the Queensland Parliament for Sandgate
Incumbent
Assumed office 31 January 2015
Preceded by	Kerry Millard
Personal details
Born	23 November 1970 Dalby, Queensland
Political party	Australian Labor Party
Spouse(s)	Megan Clarke
Children	Three
Alma mater	University of Queensland

Stirling James Hinchliffe (born 23 November 1970) is an Australian politician. Born in Dalby, Queensland, he was educated at state schools and received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Queensland. He was a property industry analyst, policy manager, policy advisor and executive officer before his entry into politics. He had a long involvement with the Australian Labor Party, which included a position as National Secretary of Young Labor in 1995. In the 2006 Queensland state election, he was elected to the safe Labor seat of Stafford, which he represented until being defeated in the Queensland state election, 2012. Hinchliffe previously served as a cabinet minister in the Bligh Ministry^[1]

Hinchliffe returned to parliament in 2015 as the member for Sandgate. He was sworn in as Assistant Minister of State Assisting the Premier in the Palaszczuk Ministry on 16 February 2015. He was also nominated as Leader of the House, an appointment confirmed when the Legislative Assembly of Queensland met for the first time following the election.^[2]

References

1. "Stirling James Hinchliffe". Retrieved 3 February 2009.
2. "Queensland's new Labor Cabinet sworn in at Government House". Australian Broadcasting Corporation 16 February 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2015.