Pat Purcell

Pat Purcell
Member of theQueensland Legislative Assembly forBulimba
In office 19 September 1992 – 20 March 2009
Preceded by	Ron McLean
Succeeded by	Di Farmer
Minister for Emergency Services
In office 28 July 2005 – 4 July 2007
Premier	Peter Beattie
Preceded by	Neil Roberts
Succeeded by	Chris Cummins
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Public Works, Housing and Racing
In office 12 February 2004 – 28 July 2005
Premier	Peter Beattie
Preceded by	new portfolio
Succeeded by	position abolished
Deputy Government Whip
In office 30 July 1998 – 11 February 2004
Premier	Peter Beattie
Preceded by	Rob Mitchell
Succeeded by	Rachel Nolan
Personal details
Born	Patrick Douglas Purcell (1947-03-17)17 March 1947 Cowra,New South Wales,Australia
Political party	Labor
Occupation	Trade union industry

Patrick Douglas Purcell(born 17 March 1947) is an Australian politician. He was aLabormember of theLegislative Assembly of QueenslandforBulimbafrom 1992 to 2009.

Early life

Purcell was born in theNew South Walestown ofCowra.Prior to election to parliament he was the secretary of the Australian Building Construction Employees' and Builders Labourers' Federation (Queensland Branch).

Politics

Purcell entered parliament at the1992 state electionas the member forBulimba.He held the seat until his retirement in 2009.

Purcell served as the Minister for Emergency Services from July 2005 to July 2007 in theBeattie Ministry.Before that he was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Public Works, Housing and Racing.On 4 July 2007, Pat Purcell announced he would resign as Minister after allegations arose that he assaulted two public servants. The subsequently proven allegations forced the thenQueensland PremierAnna Blightold him "he had no choice but to resign". Those charges were subsequently withdrawn following mediation.

Purcell did not contest the2009 Queensland state election.