Highlights
- Members of the state's third-largest immigrant community are contesting seats for most parties in Queensland.
- It’s been 25 years since an Indian-born MP has sat in Queensland's Parliament.
- There is a common goal of these candidates, apart from the win and lose, to inspire the future generation.
They’re born in India but proud Australians looking to have a voice representing all Australians.
These candidates are from Queensland’s third-largest immigrant group after the English and New Zealanders, and all are high-profile Indian community members.
Who are these Indian-origin candidates?
Pinky Singh is a first-time candidate for the LNP in the Brisbane seat of McConnel. She is of Punjabi background who moved to Australia 22 years ago.
Tamil Nadu-born Palani Thevar is a first-time Labor candidate in Maiwar and a former president of the Indian Federation of Queensland.
Nik Aai Reddy is a two-time Pauline Hanson’s One Nation candidate in the seat of Bancroft.
Third-time Greens candidate Nav Singh is running in Jordan who concedes he has little hope of winning.
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Queensland’s Indian-born candidates Source: SBS
British-raised from childhood, Anglo-Indian Anne Warner was Queensland’s first and only Indian-born MP, an against-the-odds candidate who became a surprise victor, then a minister: a first for a woman of colour.
Queenslanders go to the polls on Saturday, October 31.
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