Anthony Lynham

{{Short description|Australian politician and an oral and maxillofacial surgeon}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Anthony Lynham | image = | honorific_prefix = The Honourable | honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|AO}} | office = Minister for Energy of Queensland | premier = Annastacia Palaszczuk | term_start = 12 December 2017 | term_end = 31 October 2020 | predecessor = Mark Bailey | successor = Mick de Brenni | office1 = Minister for Natural Resources and Mines of Queensland | premier1 = Annastacia Palaszczuk | term_start1 = 16 February 2015 | term_end1 = 31 October 2020 | predecessor1 = Andrew Cripps | successor1 = Scott Stewart | office2 = Minister for State Development of Queensland | premier2 = Annastacia Palaszczuk | term_start2 = 16 February 2015 | term_end2 = 12 December 2017 | predecessor2 = Jeff Seeney | successor2 = Cameron Dick

{{cisb|Opposition portfolios}} | office3 = Shadow Minister for Primary Industries and Fisheries | leader3 = Annastacia Palaszczuk | term_start3 = 5 August 2014 | term_end3 = 16 February 2015 | predecessor3 = Tim Mulherin | successor3 = Deb Frecklington | office4 = Shadow Minister for Education, Science, IT and Innovation | leader4 = Annastacia Palaszczuk | term_start4 = 5 August 2014 | term_end4 = 16 February 2015 | predecessor4 = Yvette D'Ath | successor4 = Tim Mander (Education) John McVeigh (Science, IT and Innovation) {{cise}} | constituency_MP5 = Stafford | parliament5 = Queensland | predecessor5 = Chris Davis | successor5 = Jimmy Sullivan | term_start5 = 19 July 2014 | term_end5 = 31 October 2020 | birth_name = Anthony Joseph Lynham | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|4|12|df=y}} | birth_place = Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | party = Labor | children = | alma_mater = University of Queensland University of Newcastle | occupation = | profession = Oral and maxillofacial surgeon }} '''Anthony Joseph Lynham''' {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|AO}} (born 12 April 1960) is an Australian politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland representing the electoral district of Stafford from 2014 to 2020. He was the Queensland Minister for Natural Resources, Mines and Energy. Lynham was an oral and maxillofacial surgeon.

== Medical career== Lynham is a former maxillofacial surgeon who was a consultant surgeon at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital. He also was a member of the hospital trauma team. He graduated in medicine from Newcastle University. He holds a surgical fellowship from the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh in the general stream. Further training was completed in Switzerland. One of his roles was the training of maxillofacial surgeons both at the college and hospital level. He is an active researcher and has published regularly. He is an associate professor at the University of Queensland and an adjunct professor at the Queensland University of Technology.

==Political career== Lynham was first elected on 19 July 2014 at the Stafford by-election, which resulted from the resignation of former member Chris Davis, defeating the Liberal National candidate Bob Andersen with a 62 percent two-party vote from a 19-point two-party-preferred swing.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.abc.net.au/elections/qld/2014/stafford/result.htm|title = 2014 Stafford by-election|access-date = 20 July 2014|website = ABC News Elections|publisher = Australian Broadcasting Corporation|last = Green|first = Antony|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140722055445/http://www.abc.net.au/elections/qld/2014/stafford/result.htm|archive-date = 22 July 2014|url-status = live}}</ref> Lynham then entered the Shadow Cabinet.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mysunshinecoast.com.au/articles/article-display/labor-shadow-cabinet-changes,35291|title=Labor Shadow Cabinet Changes|date=4 August 2014|work=My Sunshine Coast|access-date=6 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814155549/http://www.mysunshinecoast.com.au/articles/article-display/labor-shadow-cabinet-changes,35291|archive-date=14 August 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Palaszczuk government===

On 16 February 2015, he was sworn in as Minister for State Development and Minister for Natural Resources and Mines in the Palaszczuk Ministry.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-16/new-queensland-cabinet-sworn-in-government-house/6114916?WT.ac=statenews_qld| title= Queensland's new Labor Cabinet sworn in at Government House| publisher= Australian Broadcasting Corporation 16 February 2015| access-date= 16 February 2015| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150222062044/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-16/new-queensland-cabinet-sworn-in-government-house/6114916?WT.ac=statenews_qld| archive-date= 22 February 2015| url-status= live}}</ref>

On 10 September 2020, Lynham announced he would retire from the Queensland Parliament and not contest the seat of Stafford in the 2020 election.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lynch|first=Lydia|date=September 10, 2020|title=Mines Minister Anthony Lynham will not contest his seat at election|url=https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/politics/queensland/mines-minister-anthony-lynham-will-not-contest-his-seat-at-election-20200910-p55u6e.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200917152159/https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/politics/queensland/mines-minister-anthony-lynham-will-not-contest-his-seat-at-election-20200910-p55u6e.html|archive-date=17 September 2020|access-date=September 28, 2020|website=Brisbane Times}}</ref>

== Honours and recognition == Lynham was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in the 2026 Australia Day Honours for "distinguished service to trauma medicine as an oral and maxillofacial surgeon, to the Parliament of Queensland, and to the community".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Associate Professor Anthony Joseph Lynham|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/3069863|access-date=2026-01-25|website=Australian Honours Search Facility}}</ref>

== References == {{reflist}}

==External links== *[https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/current/list/bio?member=Lynham+Anthony Parliamentary biography] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20140724005716/http://www.queenslandlabor.org/candidate/anthony-lynham/ Queensland Labor candidate page] *[http://www.dranthonylynham.com.au/ Official website] *{{Twitter}} *[http://www.maxfac.com.au Queensland Maxillofacial Group]

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