Tim Mulherin

He served as a backbencher until he was named to the Beattie Ministry to replace the disgraced Gordon Nuttall as Minister for Primary Industries and Fisheries in December 2005.In February 2011, his title was again changed, this time to Minister for Agriculture, Food and Regional Economies[1] Mulherin was one of just seven successful Labor candidates at the landslide 2012 Queensland state election.During the 2015 election campaign, Mulherin announced his retirement citing family and health reasons but remained as Deputy Opposition Leader until polling day.[3] At the time of his retirement, he was the longest-serving Labor member of the Legislative Assembly, and the only one to have previously served in Opposition prior to 2012, having been in Parliament during the 1996–98 Coalition ministry of Rob Borbidge.[5] After his death, in June 2022 Mulherin was posthumously appointed Member of the Order of Australia in the 2022 Queen's Birthday Honours for "significant service to the people and Parliament of Queensland".
The HonourableAnnastacia PalaszczukTim NichollsJohn-Paul LangbroekJann StuckeyJeff SeeneyDavid GibsonAndrew CrippsFiona SimpsonMark RobinsonAnthony LynhamAndrew FraserJackie TradAnna BlighDesley BoylePeter BeattieGordon NuttallJohn McVeighCraig WallaceQueensland ParliamentMackayEd CaseyJulieanne GilbertMackay, QueenslandLabor PartyAustralian Labor PartyLegislative Assembly of QueenslandBeattie Ministry2012 Queensland state electionShadow Ministry of Annastacia PalaszczukCoalitionRob BorbidgeMember of the Order of Australia2022 Queen's Birthday HonoursAustralian Broadcasting CorporationParliament of Queensland