1. Colin Einar Boyce was born on 30 October 1962 and is an Australian politician who is a member of the House of Representatives, representing the Division of Flynn since 2022.
12 Facts About Colin Boyce
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Colin Boyce is a member of the Liberal National Party and sits with the National Party in federal parliament.
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However, at a 2017 by-election, his wife Terri Colin Boyce was elected to represent the same division.
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Colin Boyce is a qualified boilermaker and farmer who has been described as "an old-style Queensland National".
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Colin Boyce was elected as the member for Callide in the 2017 state election.
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In January 2021 Colin Boyce announced he would seek LNP preselection for the federal Division of Flynn to contest the 2022 federal election, following the retirement of Ken O'Dowd.
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Colin Boyce subsequently won pre-selection and was officially announced as the LNP's candidate for Flynn on 13 July 2021 while visiting the Gladstone Power Station with Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce, Senator Matt Canavan and outgoing Flynn MP Ken O'Dowd.
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Colin Boyce officially resigned from his position as the state member for Callide in Queensland Parliament on 29 March 2022.
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Colin Boyce's resignation triggered the 2022 Callide state by-election, which Queensland speaker Curtis Pitt announced would be held on 18 June 2022.
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Colin Boyce was successful in his election to federal parliament in the election in May 2022, achieving a narrow victory over Labor candidate Matt Burnett.
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Colin Boyce is opposed to net-zero emissions, and has been criticised as a climate sceptic.
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Colin Boyce is a founding member of the Saltbush Club, a group that promotes climate change denial.