1. Ken O'Dowd was a member of the House of Representatives from 2010 to 2022, representing the Division of Flynn for the National Party.
11 Facts About Ken O'Dowd
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Ken O'Dowd grew up on his parents' farm in Bracewell, Mount Larcom.
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Ken O'Dowd became a payroll clerk at Queensland Aluminium Limited Gladstone.
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Ken O'Dowd became partner of a Shell distributorship in 1988, which was sold ten years later.
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In 1998, Ken O'Dowd bought and renovated a Rockhampton pub, renaming it Ken O'Dowd's Irish Pub, which he sold in 2004.
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Ken O'Dowd contested the Division of Flynn for the Liberal National Party at the 2010 Federal election and won the seat from Labor's one term incumbent Chris Trevor.
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Ken O'Dowd continued to hold the seat in the 2013,2016 and 2019 federal elections.
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Ken O'Dowd supports building HELE coal fired power stations, inland rail, and opening up more agricultural land.
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In November 2020, Ken O'Dowd announced he would not contest the next election.
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Ken O'Dowd has stated on several occasions that Israel is perpetrating a form of apartheid upon Palestinians.
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Ken O'Dowd has disputed the scientific consensus on climate change, denying that climate change is caused by humanity.