Jeffrey Alan Knuth (born 9 March 1962) is an Australian politician.

Quick Facts Leader of the Country Party Queensland, Deputy ...
Jeff Knuth
Leader of the Country Party Queensland
In office
5 August 1999  2 May 2000
7 February 2004 – 6 September 2008
DeputyPaddy Embry
Frank Hough
Preceded byParty established
Succeeded byParty merged;
(New Country Party,
One Nation Queensland)
Party Whip in the
Queensland Legislative Assembly
In office
23 June 1998  23 February 1999
LeaderBill Feldman
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byJack Paff
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Burdekin
In office
13 June 1998  17 February 2001
Preceded byMark Stoneman
Succeeded bySteve Rodgers
Personal details
Born
Jeffrey Alan Knuth

(1962-03-09) 9 March 1962 (age 62)
Ayr, Queensland, Australia
Political partyOne Nation (1997–1999; 2014–2017)
Other political
affiliations
National (before 1997)
Independent (1999; 2003–2004)
Queensland Country (1999–2000)
City Country Alliance (2000–2003)
New Country (2004–2008)
Liberal National (2008–2011)
Australian (2011–2014)
RelationsShane Knuth (brother)
OccupationPainter and decorator
(Self-employed)
Profession
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Biography

Born in Ayr, Queensland, he was a painter and decorator before entering politics. In 1998, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland as a member of Pauline Hanson's One Nation, representing the seat of Burdekin. He was party whip and spokesperson for Public Works and Housing until 23 February 1999, when he resigned from the party to sit as an independent. On 5 August, he formed the Country Party Queensland (initially known as New Country Party QLD) as a splinter group from One Nation, but on 18 February 2000 joined the larger City Country Alliance, led by Bill Feldman.[1] He was defeated by Labor's Steve Rodgers in 2001, and contested the seat in the 2004 state election as an independent with the support of federal independent MP Bob Katter. While he lost, his preferences were enough to help the Nationals' Rosemary Menkens defeat Rodgers. He later became aligned with the national New Country Party.

His brother, Shane Knuth, won the seat of Charters Towers for the National Party and later joined Katter's Australian Party with Jeff.

He rejoined One Nation in 2014. The following year, he contested the 2015 state election in the seat of Thuringowa as a One Nation candidate. He was unsuccessful in winning the seat, polling fourth with 7.4% of the vote.

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