Santo Santoro (born 27 April 1956), Australian politician, was a Liberal member of the Australian Senate from October 2002 to March 2007, representing the state of Queensland.
Born in Sicily, Italy in 1956, Santoro emigrated to Australia with his family at the age of 5. Santoro was educated at Marist College Rosalie in Brisbane before attending the University of Queensland where he was awarded the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Econo...
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Santo Santoro (born 27 April 1956), Australian politician, was a Liberal member of the Australian Senate from October 2002 to March 2007, representing the state of Queensland.
Born in Sicily, Italy in 1956, Santoro emigrated to Australia with his family at the age of 5. Santoro was educated at Marist College Rosalie in Brisbane before attending the University of Queensland where he was awarded the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Economics with honours.
Santoro was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly as Member for Merthyr in Brisbane from 13 May 1989 until 19 September 1992. He was then elected as State Member for Clayfield from 19 September 1992 until he was defeated on 17 February 2001 by Liddy Clark. From 26 February 1996 to 26 June 1998, he was the State Minister for Training and Industrial Relations.
He was also the deputy leader of the State Liberal Party from 1992 to 1995.
On 29 October 2002, Santoro was selected by the Queensland Parliament to replace...
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