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Cynthia Lui
MP
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| Deputy Speaker of the Queensland Legislative Assembly | |
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| In office 23 May – 12 September 2023 |
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| Speaker | Joe Kelly (acting) |
| Preceded by | Joe Kelly |
| Succeeded by | Joe Kelly |
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Cook | |
| Assumed office 25 November 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Billy Gordon |
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| Born | 17 February 1977 Thursday Island, Queensland, Australia |
| Political party | Labor |
Cynthia Lillian Lui (born 17 February 1977) is an Australian politician. She has been the Australian Labor Party member for Cook in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2017. Originally from Yam Island in the Torres Strait, Lui is the first Torres Strait Islander to be elected to any parliament. She worked as a community worker in Cairns to win internally as a representative for Cook, she then went on to secure her place within the Labor Party as the preferred candidate. Lui gave her maiden speech in the Queensland Parliament on 15 February 2018.
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