{{Short description|Australian politician}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Jason Woodforth | honorific_suffix = | image = | constituency_AM = Nudgee | assembly = Queensland Legislative | term_start = 24 March 2012 | term_end = 31 January 2015 | predecessor = Neil Roberts | successor = Leanne Linard | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1970|11|27}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | constituency = | party = Independent | other_party = Liberal National<br />Health Australia Party | spouse = | children = 2 | university = | profession = Sales representative, sales manager, fitness business owner | signature = | footnotes = | website = }}
'''Jason Ross Woodforth''' (born 27 November 1970) is an Australian Liberal National politician who was the member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Nudgee from 2012 to 2015.<ref name="parliament">{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/current/list/bio?member=Woodforth%20Jason|title=Jason Woodforth|publisher=Queensland Parliament|accessdate=18 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/elections/qld/2012/guide/nudg.htm|title=Nudgee - Queensland Votes 2012|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Commission|accessdate=18 June 2016}}</ref>
==Biography== Jason Woodforth was born in Brisbane on 27 November 1970.<ref name="lnp">{{Cite web |url=http://lnp.org.au/jason-woodforth |title=Liberal National Party biography |access-date=20 August 2012 |archive-date=8 December 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121208210941/http://lnp.org.au/jason-woodforth |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was educated at Craigslea and Brisbane State High Schools.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://au.linkedin.com/pub/jason-woodforth/15/162/52?trk=pub-pbmap|title=Jason Woodforth|website=LinkedIn}}</ref> He runs a bodybuilding supplements business, Bodyzone sports supplements,<ref>http://www.demandrecruitment.com.au/employers.html. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121230220624/http://www.demandrecruitment.com.au/employers.html |date=30 December 2012 }}</ref> and is managing director of supplement importing company International Brands Direct.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/elections/qld/2012/guide/nudg.htm|title=Nudgee - Queensland Votes 2012 - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)|website=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|publisher=}}</ref> He also serves as the Australian vice president and Queensland president of the International Natural Bodybuilding Association.<ref>[http://www.inba.com.au/2012/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=395:jason-woodforth-australian-vice-president&catid=1:latest-news INBA Australian Vice President]</ref> He has won a 'promoter's contest' in bodybuilding held by the INBA.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/nudgee-mp-and-anti-fluoride-campaigner-jason-woodforths-natural-bodybuilding-makes-him-parliaments-new-pin-up/story-e6freoof-1226534047902|title=Nudgee MP and anti-fluoride campaigner Jason Woodforth's natural bodybuilding makes him parliament's new pin-up|last=Ironside|first=Robyn|date=11 December 2012|website=|publisher=Courier-Mail|access-date=18 June 2016}}</ref>
==Fluoridation== Woodforth was quoted by the ''Courier Mail''<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/jason-woodforth-gets-the-drill-on-fluoride-sniping/story-e6freoof-1226533208088 |accessdate=8 May 2016 |title=Jason Woodforth gets the drill on fluoride sniping |author=Robyn Ironside |newspaper=The Courier-Mail |date=10 December 2012 |publisher=News Corp}}</ref> as being in support of ceasing fluoridation of the Queensland water supply. This was at odds with Woodforth's maiden speech, where he was concerned by rising health care costs in Australia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/documents/members/InauguralSpeech/wood2012_05_31_58.pdf |accessdate=8 May 2016 |work=Hansard |date=31 May 2012 |author=Jason Woodforth |title=MAIDEN SPEECH |publisher=Government of Queensland}}</ref> He has been disciplined by prominent Queensland LNP member and former dentist John-Paul Langbroek for these comments, as well as receiving a critical editorial from the ''Courier Mail''. Andrew Wong of the Australian Dental Association agreed with ABC AM interviewer Annie Guest that the LNP was possibly appeasing an "uninformed minority".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2012/s3651665.htm |accessdate=8 May 2016 |title=Queensland under fire over fluoridation |author=Annie Guest |date=11 December 2012 |publisher=ABC Australia|work=AM}}</ref> In this interview, Woodforth avoided answering questions regarding his lack of formal education he had in health care, by stating "What I say to people is you actually don't need letters after your name to work out what's right and what's wrong".
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{{s-start}} {{s-par|au-qld}} {{s-bef|before=Neil Roberts}} {{s-ttl|title=Member for Nudgee|years=2012–2015}} {{s-aft|after=Leanne Linard}} {{s-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Woodforth, Jason}} Category:1970 births Category:Living people Category:Liberal National Party of Queensland politicians Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Category:People educated at Brisbane State High School Category:21st-century Australian politicians