# Robert Ignatius Katter

Robert Ignatius Katter (3 MAR 1977); child of Robert Carl Katter; born in Townsville, Queensland, Australia.

**Lifespan:** 3 MAR 1977 – ?

## Parents
- [Robert Carl Katter](/p/robert-carl-katter-52279.md) (father)

## Partners
- _unknown partner_ — 2 SEP 2017

## Timeline
- 3 MAR 1977 — **Born** at Townsville, Queensland, Australia
- FROM MAR 2008 TO 2012 — **Councillor, Mount Isa City Council** — Served on the Mount Isa City Council, Queensland, from March 2008 until his election to the Queensland Legislative Assembly in 2012.
- FROM 24 MAR 2012 TO 24 NOV 2017 — **Member for Mount Isa, Queensland Legislative Assembly** at Queensland, Australia — Elected member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for the state electoral district of Mount Isa at the state election of 24 March 2012, representing Katter's Australian Party and succeeding the Labor member Betty Kiernan. He held the seat until the district was abolished in the 2017 redistribution.
- FROM 26 APR 2012 TO 29 NOV 2012 — **Leader of Katter's Australian Party in Queensland** at Queensland, Australia — Led Katter's Australian Party in the Queensland Parliament following his election to the Legislative Assembly in 2012, until he was succeeded as leader by Ray Hopper on 29 November 2012.
- FROM 29 NOV 2012 TO 2015 — **Parliamentary Secretary, Katter's Australian Party** — Held the office of parliamentary secretary of Katter's Australian Party from 29 November 2012, on being succeeded as the party's Queensland leader by Ray Hopper.
- FROM 2 FEB 2015 — **Leader of Katter's Australian Party in Queensland** at Queensland, Australia — Resumed the leadership of Katter's Australian Party in the Queensland Parliament on 2 February 2015, after Ray Hopper's defeat at the 2015 state election, and has held it since.
- FROM 25 NOV 2017 — **Member for Traeger, Queensland Legislative Assembly** at Queensland, Australia — Elected member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for the new state electoral district of Traeger, which replaced the abolished district of Mount Isa, at the state election of 25 November 2017. He was returned for Traeger at the 2020 and 2024 state elections and holds the seat for Katter's Australian Party.
- FROM 3 FEB 2020 — **Leader of Katter's Australian Party** — Appointed national leader of Katter's Australian Party on 3 February 2020.
- **Education (Bachelor of Applied Science (Property Economics))** at Queensland, Australia — Graduated from the Queensland University of Technology with a Bachelor of Applied Science in Property Economics.
- **Occupation (Mine Worker)** — Began his working life as a mine worker at Mount Isa, Queensland, before entering politics.
- **Occupation (Property Valuer)** — Worked as a property valuer for fifteen years and ran a small business at Mount Isa, Queensland, before entering parliament.

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