{{Short description|Australian politician (born 1966)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Jim Turnour | honorific_suffix = | image = | constituency_MP = [[Division of Leichhardt|Leichhardt]] | parliament = Australian | majority = | predecessor = [[Warren Entsch]] | successor = [[Warren Entsch]] | term_start = 24 November 2007 | term_end = 21 August 2010 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1966|4|7}} | birth_place = [[Darwin, Northern Territory]], Australia | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | party = [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] | relations = | children = | alma_mater = [[University of Queensland]] | occupation = Public servant | profession = | signature = | website = [http://www.jimturnour.com.au/ JimTurnour.com.au] | footnotes = }} '''James Pearce Turnour''' (born 7 April 1966) is an Australian former politician. He represented the [[Queensland]] seat of [[Division of Leichhardt|Leichhardt]] in the [[Australian House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] from 2007 to 2010, as a member of the [[Australian Labor Party]] (ALP). He was a public servant in Queensland's agriculture department prior to entering parliament.
==Early life== Turnour was born on 7 April 1966 in [[Darwin, Northern Territory]].<ref name=aph>{{cite news|url=https://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Parliamentarian?MPID=HVV|title=Mr Jim Turnour MP|publisher=Parliament of Australia|accessdate=6 June 2022}}</ref> He is the third of four children born to Joan ({{nee|Pearce}}) and John Turnour; his mother was a [[Ten Pound Pom]]. He grew up on his parents' mixed farming property at [[Coomalie Creek, Northern Territory|Coomalie Creek]].<ref name=maiden>{{cite news|url=https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22chamber%2Fhansardr%2F2008-03-11%2F0108%22|title=Maiden speech|publisher=Parliament of Australia|accessdate=6 June 2022|date=11 March 2008|work=Hansard}}</ref>
Turnour boarded at [[Brisbane Grammar School]].<ref name=maiden/> He holds the degrees of Bachelor of Agricultural Science and Bachelor of Economics from the [[University of Queensland]].<ref name=aph/> Prior to entering parliament he worked for Queensland's [[Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (Queensland)|Department of Primary Industries]] for 20 years and also as an agricultural consultant. He managed Operation Farm Clear, a program assisting farmers in recovery from [[Cyclone Larry]].<ref name=maiden/>
==Politics== Turnour won Leichhardt at the 2007 election on a swing of 14 percent, the largest in the country.<ref>[http://www.cairnspost.com.au/article/2007/11/26/4651_news.html The Cairns Post]</ref> It was actually his second bid for the seat; he challenged [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] incumbent [[Warren Entsch]] in 2004 and was heavily defeated. Entsch retired in 2007. He held Leichhardt on a seemingly safe majority of 10 percent, but Turnour rode a large Labor wave to take the seat. He lost to Entsch in 2010.<ref>{{cite news | title = Australian Votes 2010: Leichhardt(Key Seat) | date = 2010-08-22 | url = http://www.abc.net.au/elections/federal/2010/guide/leic.htm | work = Australian Broadcasting Corporation | accessdate = 2010-08-22 | quote = Warren Entsch 54.2% vs. Jim Turnour 45.8%}}</ref>
He currently manages a large-scale project for the [[Queensland Department of Primary Industries]], helping farmers recover after [[Cyclone Larry]] and has worked for [[Senator Jan McLucas]] in the past.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pollbludger.com/fed2004qld.htm#leichhardt |title=The Poll Bludger<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=5 September 2007 |archive-date=6 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071006114506/http://www.pollbludger.com/fed2004qld.htm#leichhardt |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==Subsequent activities== {{BLP unreferenced section|date=June 2022}} Jim Turnour is on the committee of Northern Beaches [[Landcare Australia|Landcare]] and the [[Trinity Inlet]] Catchment Management Association. He is also a member of SPEED (Southern Parents Empowering Early Development), Cairns and District Chinese Association, Cairns Yacht Club, Cairns and Far North Environment Centre and is a guest presenter on Cairns Community Radio.
===Federal Committee Service=== House of Representatives Standing:<ref name="fed">{{Cite web |url=http://www.aph.gov.au/house/members/biography.asp?id=HVV |title=Parliament of Australia: House of Representatives - Members<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=16 May 2008 |archive-date=3 August 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080803105946/http://www.aph.gov.au/house/members/biography.asp?id=HVV |url-status=dead }}</ref> *Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs from 19.2.08; *Economics from 19.2.08.
Joint Standing:<ref name="fed" /> *National Capital and External Territories from 18.2.08.
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