Verity Mary Barton was born on 6 August 1985 and is an Australian politician.
10 Facts About Verity Barton
1.
2.
Verity Barton was the LNP member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Broadwater from 2012 to 2017.
3.
Verity Barton defeated Peta-Kaye Croft at the 2012 state election and was re-elected at the 2015 election, before losing LNP preselection for the 2017 election to former MP David Crisafulli.
4.
Verity Barton went on to further studies in law and politics at Bond University on the Gold Coast and Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago, Illinois.
5.
Verity Barton has held various senior local branch positions, including chair of the Broadwater State Electorate Council.
6.
Verity Barton has been a member of the LNP State Council and was a member of the Young LNP Management Committee from 2010 until 2012.
7.
Aged 26 years, 7 months and 18 days old when first elected, Verity Barton was the youngest woman ever elected to the Queensland Parliament.
8.
On 8 January 2015, it was revealed that Verity Barton had her driving licence suspended in both 2012 and 2013 after failing to pay road tolls, and that she had driven while unlicensed.
9.
In May 2017, Verity Barton lost the LNP preselection for the Broadwater to former Newman Government Minister, David Crisafulli.
10.
In 2018, Verity Barton relocated to London to take up an appointment as personal assistant to the Australian High Commissioner to the UK, George Brandis.