Cynthia Lui
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Cynthia Lui | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Speaker of the Queensland Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 23 May – 12 September 2023 | |
| Speaker | Joe Kelly (acting) |
| Preceded by | Joe Kelly |
| Succeeded by | Joe Kelly |
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Cook | |
| In office 25 November 2017 – 26 October 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Billy Gordon |
| Succeeded by | David Kempton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 February 1977 Thursday Island, Queensland, Australia |
| Party | Labor |
| Website | www |
Cynthia Lillian Lui (born 17 February 1977) is an Australian former politician. She was the Australian Labor Party member for Cook in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 2017 to 2024.[1] Originally from Yam Island in the Torres Strait, Lui is the first Torres Strait Islander to be elected to any parliament.[2][3] She worked as a community worker in Cairns to win internally as a representative for Cook, she then went on to secure her place within the Labor Party as the preferred candidate.[4] Lui gave her maiden speech in the Queensland Parliament on 15 February 2018.[5]
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