{{Short description|Australian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Carolyn Male | honorific_suffix = | image = | office = Queensland Government Chief Whip | term_start = 11 September 2006 | term_end = 3 April 2009 | premier = Peter Beattie<br>Anna Bligh | predecessor = Terry Sullivan | successor = Margaret Keech | constituency_AM2 = Pine Rivers | assembly2 = Queensland Legislative | term_start2 = 21 March 2009 | term_end2 = 24 March 2012 | predecessor2 = Seat created | successor2 = Seath Holswich | constituency_AM3 = Glass House | assembly3 = Queensland Legislative | term_start3 = 17 February 2001 | term_end3 = 21 March 2009 | predecessor3 = Seat created | successor3 = Andrew Powell | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|5|7|df=y}} | birth_place = Nambour, Queensland, Australia | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | birth_name = | party = Labor | other_party = | spouse = Bill Ferguson | alma_mater = | occupation = School teacher, Assistant accountant | relations = }}

'''Carolyn Therese Male''' (born 7 May 1966) is an Australian politician who was a Labor member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2001 to 2012.

Male was first elected to parliament as the Labor member for Glass House at the 2001 state election. She served three terms as the member for Glass House, but a redistribution ahead of the 2009 state election made the district much less favourable for Labor.<ref>{{cite news | title=Glass House too tight to call | date=11 March 2009| author=Nikkii Joyce | publisher=Sunshine Coast Daily | url=http://www.thedaily.com.au/news/2009/mar/11/glass-house-too-tight-call/}}</ref> Consequently, she successfully contested the seat of Pine Rivers to win a fourth term.

She was Government Whip from 11 September 2006 to 8 April 2009. Male was the Parliamentary Secretary for Education from March 2009 until she was made a Deputy Government Whip in February 2012.<ref name=qp>{{cite web|title=Former Members|publisher=Parliament of Queensland|year=2015| url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=2797644485|accessdate= 7 February 2015}}</ref> Male retired before the 2012 election. Male was born in Nambour. She is married and has two children, Jordan and Jetta.

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