Dorothy Pratt

{{Short description|Australian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=February 2015}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Dorothy Pratt | honorific_suffix = '''{{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|JP}}''' | image = | caption = | office3 = Deputy Leader of One Nation Queensland | leader3 = Heather Hill | term_start3 = 13 June 1998 | term_end3 = 6 February 1999 | predecessor3 = Bill Feldman | successor3 = Peter Prenzler | constituency_AM2 = Barambah | assembly2 = Queensland Legislative | term_start2 = 13 June 1998 | term_end2 = 17 February 2001 | predecessor2 = Trevor Perrett | successor2 = ''Constituency abolished'' | constituency_AM = Nanango | assembly = Queensland Legislative | term_start = 17 February 2001 | term_end = 23 March 2012 | predecessor = ''Constituency established'' | successor = Deb Frecklington | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|3|11|df=y}} | birth_place = Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | birth_name = | party = Independent (since 1999) | other_party = Pauline Hanson's One Nation (1997–1999) | alma_mater = | occupation = Justice of the Peace (Government of Queensland) Restaurant proprietor (Self-employed) | profession = Public servant Businesswoman Politician | relations = }}

'''Dorothy Ruth "Dolly" Pratt''' (born 11 March 1955) is an Australian politician. Born in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, she was a Justice of the Peace and coffee shop proprietor in Queensland before entering politics. She also worked at cattle sale yards. At the 1998 state election, she won the seat of Barambah in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, representing Pauline Hanson's One Nation. She left One Nation in 1999 to sit as an independent. In 2001, her seat of Barambah was abolished and largely replaced with Nanango, which she won as an independent. Pratt was re-elected in 2004, 2006 and 2009. Pratt stood down at the 2012 election. She is married with three children.<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=2763339610|accessdate= 1 February 2015}}</ref>

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{{s-start}} {{s-par|au-qld}} {{s-bef|before=Trevor Perrett}} {{s-ttl|title=Member for Barambah|years=1998–2001}} {{s-non|reason=Abolished}} {{s-new|seat}} {{s-ttl |title = Member for Nanango|years=2001–2012}} {{s-aft | after = Deb Frecklington}} {{s-end}} {{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pratt, Dorothy}} Category:1955 births Category:Living people Category:One Nation members of the Parliament of Queensland Category:Independent members of the Parliament of Queensland Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Category:People from Coffs Harbour Category:21st-century Australian politicians Category:21st-century Australian women politicians Category:Women members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly