Jack Paff

{{Short description|Australian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=February 2015}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Jack Paff | honorific_suffix = | image = | caption = | constituency_AM1 = Ipswich West | assembly1 = Queensland Legislative | term_start1 = 13 June 1998 | term_end1 = 17 February 2001 | predecessor1 = Don Livingstone | successor1 = Don Livingstone | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1938|5|11|df=y}} | birth_place = Taree, New South Wales, Australia | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | birth_name = Jack Kelvin Paff | party = City Country Alliance (1999–2003) | other_party = One Nation (1997–1999) | spouse = | alma_mater = | occupation = Police officer<br>(Queensland Police)<br>Chief stationmaster<br>(New South Wales Government Railways) | profession = Public servant<br>Politician | relations = }}

'''Jack Kelvin Paff''' (born 11 May 1938) is a former Australian politician.

== Early life == Paff was born in Taree, New South Wales. He served in the Citizens Military Force and rose to the position of sergeant. He was a stationmaster with New South Wales Government Railways and then served in the Queensland Police Force.

== Politics == In 1998, Paff was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland as a member of Pauline Hanson's One Nation, representing the seat of Ipswich West. He remained in One Nation until December 1999, when he and the other One Nation MPs left the party to form the City Country Alliance under the leadership of Bill Feldman. Paff continued as party whip for the new grouping, and was the spokesperson for Law (Attorney-General), Justice and the Arts, Communication and Information, Local Government and Planning, Regional and Rural Communities, State Development and Trade. He was defeated in 2001 by Labor's Don Livingstone, whom Paff had defeated in 1998.<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=433199487|accessdate= 8 February 2015}}</ref>

In 2017, aged 79 years, Paff unsuccessfully contested the Ipswich mayoral by-election.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.qt.com.au/news/breaking-jack-paff-enters-mayoral-race-aged-fit-79/3202469/|title=Mayoral race: Jack Paff enters the fray aged 'fit' 79|date=19 July 2017|work=Queensland Times|access-date=31 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030235050/https://www.qt.com.au/news/breaking-jack-paff-enters-mayoral-race-aged-fit-79/3202469/|archive-date=30 October 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

{{s-start}} {{s-par|au-qld}} {{s-bef|before= Don Livingstone}} {{s-ttl |title= Member for Ipswich West|years=1998–2001}} {{s-aft|after=Don Livingstone}} {{s-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Paff, Jack}} Category:1938 births Category:Living people Category:One Nation members of the Parliament of Queensland Category:People from Taree Category:Australian police officers Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Category:21st-century Australian politicians