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Billy Gordon
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| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Cook |
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| In office 31 January 2015 – 25 November 2017 |
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| Preceded by | David Kempton |
| Succeeded by | Cynthia Lui |
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| Born | 1972/1973 Innisfail, Queensland, Australia |
| Died | (aged 49) |
| Political party | Labor (2015) Independent (2015–2017) |
William John Gordon (1972 or 1973 – 25 November 2022) was an Australian indigenous politician. He was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 2015 to 2017, representing the electorate of Cook.
Career
Hailing from Innisfail, Queensland, Gordon first entered politics as the Labor candidate in the federal seat of Leichhardt for the 2013 election, losing to Liberal National incumbent Warren Entsch. However, he increased his profile enough that he was able to successfully stand in the state seat of Cook, essentially the far northern portion of the federal seat. Gordon was elected as a Labor candidate at the 2015 election before becoming an independent two months later. He retired at the 2017 election.
Gordon was one of the first indigenous Queensland state MPs in a generation.
Retirement
Gordon retired from politics at the 2017 election, having confirmed that he would not recontest his seat on 31 October 2017 following the calling of the election.
Gordon died on 25 November 2022, aged 49.
