Bill Wood (politician)

Bill Wood
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Cook
In office 17 May 1969 – 27 May 1972
Preceded by	Bunny Adair
Succeeded by	Edwin Wallis-Smith
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Barron River
In office 27 May 1972 – 7 December 1974
Preceded by	New seat
Succeeded by	Martin Tenni
Personal details
Born	(1935-11-04) 4 November 1935 Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Australian Labor Party
Relations	Les Wood (father), Peter Wood (twin brother)
Alma mater	University of Queensland
Occupation	Teacher

Bill Wood (born 4 November 1935) is an Australian politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland and later the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the Queensland Parliament as the Labor member for Cook in 1969, transferring in 1972 to the new seat of Barron River. He was defeated in 1974 by Country Party candidate Martin Tenni.

Wood was elected the first ACT Legislative Assembly in 1989, re-elected to the 2nd Assembly in 1992, elected to represent Brindabella in the Assembly in 1995, 1998 and 2001 general elections. He did not contest the 2004 ACT general election.

Bill's identical twin brother Peter Wood, and their father Les Wood also served terms in the Queensland Parliament.

References

Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by Bunny Adair	Member for Cook 1969–1972	Succeeded by Edwin Wallis-Smith
Preceded by New seat	Member for Barron River 1972–1974	Succeeded by Martin Tenni