Curtis Pitt

The Honourable Curtis Pitt MP
Queensland Minister for Disabilites, Mental Health and Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Parterships
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 February 2011
Premier	Anna Bligh
Preceded by	Desley Boyle (Partnerships) Annastacia Palaszczuk (Disabilites)
Member of the Queensland Parliament for Mulgrave
Incumbent
Assumed office 2009
Preceded by	Warren Pitt
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Political party	Australian Labor Party

Curtis Warren Pitt (born 1 February 1977) is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2009, representing the district of Mulgrave.

Early life

Pitt was born and raised in Gordonvale in Far North Queensland. He completed his secondary education at St Mary’s College in Woree. He has a Bachelor of Arts (Politics) from James Cook University.

His father, Warren Pitt, was the member for Mulgrave from 1989 to 1995, when he was defeated by the National Party's Naomi Wilson, and again from 1998 to 2009.

Career

Prior to announcing his intention to run for parliament, Pitt was head of the Queensland Government's Indigenous Jobs and Enterprises Taskforce. He had previously led the government's business and skilled migration program.

Other

Pitt was an Auxiliary Firefighter with the Queensland Fire and Rescue Service. He is a member of Lions Clubs International and Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Support Queensland.^[1]

References

1. ^ Australian Labor Party Queensland Branch (2009). "Curtis Pitt Candidate For Mulgrave". http://www.qld.alp.org.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=463. Retrieved 25 February 2009. 

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Name	Pitt, Curtis
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Date of birth	1 February 1977
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