Jarrod Bleijie
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Jarrod Bleijie MP JP |
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| Shadow Minister for Employment, Industrial Relations, Skills and Training, Shadow Minister for Fair Trading | |
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Assumed office 6 May 2016 |
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| Leader | Tim Nicholls |
| Preceded by |
Tim Nicholls (Employment) Tim Mander (Training) |
| Shadow Minister for Police, Fire, Emergency Services and Corrective Services | |
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In office 14 February 2015 – 6 May 2016 |
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| Leader | Lawrence Springborg |
| Preceded by | Bill Byrne |
| Succeeded by | Tim Mander |
| Attorney-General of Queensland and Minister for Justice | |
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In office 3 April 2012 – 14 February 2015 |
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| Premier | Campbell Newman |
| Preceded by | Paul Lucas |
| Succeeded by | Yvette D'Ath |
| Member of the Queensland Parliament for Kawana | |
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Assumed office 21 March 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Steve Dickson |
| Majority | 10.09% (2015) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
25 January 1982 Griffith, New South Wales |
| Political party | Liberal National Party |
| Spouse(s) | Sally Lennox |
| Children | Three |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Jarrod Pieter Bleijie (/ˈbleɪjiː/; born 25 January 1982) is an Australian politician in the Queensland parliament. Bleijie was elected as the member for Kawana at the 2009 state election, and is the third member since the seat's inception at the 2001 state election. On 3 April 2012 he was appointed Attorney-General of Queensland.
Jarrod Bleijie was born on 25 January 1982 in Griffith, New South Wales. His father is Pieter Bleijie and his mother, Christine (Cooper) Bleijie. They moved to Caloundra, Queensland in 1989. He attended Griffith Primary School, Caloundra State School, and Caloundra State High School, where he graduated in 2000 as school captain. He studied politics at the University of the Sunshine Coast before transferring to Brisbane to complete a Bachelor of Laws at Queensland University of Technology. He graduated in 2005.
While studying law, Bleijie was employed as an articled clerk at the Maroochydore law firm of JJ Riba & Company. Following his graduation, he was employed as a solicitor at the Sunshine Coast law firm Sajen Legal. During his legal career, Bleijie specialised in commercial law and management rights.
He was elected to the Parliament of Queensland in 2009, representing the Sunshine Coast electorate of Kawana.
He was promoted to the shadow ministry as Shadow Attorney-General and Shadow Minister for Justice and Corrective Services, by then Opposition Leader John-Paul Langbroek in November 2010. Following a leadership change in March 2012, with former Brisbane City Lord Mayor Campbell Newman taking over LNP leadership from outside the parliament, he was reappointed Shadow Attorney-General, maintaining his Justice responsibilities and also taking on Fair Trading. He re-contested and won the state seat of Kawana with a two-party preferred swing of 19.9 points, holding the seat by a 26.8-point margin. He now has one of the safest seats in the Queensland Parliament.
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