Copeland, Stuart William

Personal

Copeland, Stuart William
Birth Date: 19 January 1968 (Taroom, QLD)
Parents: William Harold Copeland and Ailsa Joan
Family: Rae McCaull, 2 children

Career

Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Agricultural Society of Queensland; Formerly employed in the petroleum industry

Party Positions:
  1. Secretary, Parliamentary National Party, from 2 March 2001.
  2. State President, Queensland Young Nationals. 1997 - 1998
  3. Vice-President, Federal Young Nationals. 1997 - 1998
  4. Member, State Management Committee. 1996 - 1998
  5. Delegate, Central Council, since 1995.
  6. Delegate, State Conference, since 1995.
  7. Delegate, Federal Conference and Council; National Party Delegate, Australian Political Exchange Council study tour to USA. 1997
  8. Various positions in Young National and National Party branches, electorate councils and divisional councils.
  9. Member, various committees.
  10. Member, Shadow Ministerial Legislative Committees: Multicultural Policy; State Development; Small Business; Transport and Main Roads; and Aboriginal and Islander Policy, from March 2001.
  11. Member, Shadow Ministerial Legislative Committees: Attorney-General; Justice; Innovation, Information Technology and Rural Technology; Education; and Employment and Training, from March 2001.
  12. Member, Shadow Ministerial Legislative Committees: Emergency Services; Public Works and Housing; Primary Industry and Forestry; Northern Development; and Natural Resources and Mines, from March 2001.
  13. Member, Shadow Ministerial Legislative Committees: Police and Corrective Services; Local Government and Planning; Regional and Rural Communities; Racing; and Environment and Heritage, from March 2001.
  14. Member, Shadow Ministerial Legislative Committees: Sport; Industrial Relations; Health; Tourism; Trade; Fair Trading; and Women's Policy, from March 2001.

Parliamentary Representation

House Party Electorate From To Elected/Departure Reason
Assembly IND Cunningham 24 Feb 2009 20 Mar 2009
Assembly NP Cunningham 17 Feb 2001 9 Sep 2008
Assembly LNP Cunningham 9 Sep 2008 24 Feb 2009
Speeches: All Speeches

Parliamentary Service

Description From To
Shadow Attorney-General and Shadow Minister for Justice (including Youth Justice) 12 Aug 2008 30 Sep 2008
Shadow Minister for Open Government 12 Aug 2008 30 Sep 2008
Member, Standing Orders Committee 13 May 2008 12 Nov 2008
Member, Estimates Committee C 1 May 2008 25 Aug 2008
Member, Select Committee on Broadcast of Parliament 14 Feb 2008 30 May 2008
Member, Estimates Committee E 23 May 2007 6 Aug 2007
Leader of Opposition Business 29 Jan 2007 30 Sep 2008
Member, Public Works Committee 11 Oct 2006 23 Feb 2009
Shadow Minister for Education and Training and Shadow Minister for the Arts 21 Sep 2006 12 Aug 2008
Member, Estimates Committee E 21 Apr 2006 8 Aug 2006
Shadow Minister for Education and Training and Shadow Minister for the Arts 28 Sep 2005 21 Sep 2006
Temporary Speaker/Deputy Speaker 1 Aug 2005 15 Aug 2006
Member, Estimates Committee D 11 May 2005 9 Aug 2005
Member, Estimates Committee E 20 May 2004 17 Aug 2004
Shadow Minister for Health 8 Mar 2004 27 Sep 2005
Member, Estimates Committee C 30 Apr 2003 18 Aug 2003
Shadow Minister for Education, Shadow Minister for Youth and Shadow Minister for Multicultural Policy 9 Feb 2003 8 Mar 2004
Shadow Cabinet Secretary 9 Feb 2003
Member, Estimates Committee D 18 Apr 2002 29 Jul 2002
Member, Parliamentary Crime and Misconduct Committee 1 Jan 2002 11 Oct 2006
Member, Estimates Committee G 30 May 2001 31 Jul 2001
Member, Parliamentary Criminal Justice Committee 3 May 2001 31 Dec 2001
Shadow Minister for Families, Shadow Minister for Disability Services, Shadow Minister for Youth and Shadow Minister for the Arts 12 Mar 2001 9 Feb 2003

Additional Information

Notes: Member, Toowoomba Golf Club; Rotary Club of Toowoomba; Toowoomba Surf Life Saving Club; and University of Southern Queensland Corporate Club. Former member, Queensland Festival of the Horse Executive Committee and Board; Task Force 2000 (Olympic activity organising committee). RASQ representative on the Toowoomba and Golden West Tourism Authority; Toowoomba Chamber of Commerce; Darling Downs Sub-Chamber of Show Societies; and Queensland Large Show Societies Group. Interests include sports (particularly golf and swimming), travel, reading, historic cars and theatre
Sources: Image sourced from the collection of the Queensland Parliamentary Library and Research Service
[Last Modified: Tuesday, 13 June 2017]