However, his tenure in the seat was short, and he lost it to Labor's Lillian van Litsenburg, a school teacher, in the 2006 election.
She was elected in September 2006 at the state election after she unsuccessfully contested the 2005 by-election in which Terry Rogers was elected and held the seat for only a number of months after the resignation of the former Labor member and Speaker of the Queensland Parliament, Ray Hollis.
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She was defeated by Scott Driscoll of the Liberal National Party in 2012 state election.
The Labor Party chose school teacher Lillian van Litsenburg to defend Redcliffe, a seat they'd held for the past 19 years.
He won the seat of Redcliffe from the Labor incumbent Lillian van Litsenburg with a swing of 15.67%, turning the previously marginal seat into a safe LNP seat.
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