Lindsay Hartwig
Lindsay Earle Hartwig was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the [Queensland Legislative Assembly].
Early life
Hartwig was a farmer and grazier by occupation and pioneered the first aerial sowing of pasture seed.Politics
Hartwig began his political career as a councillor with the Shire of Monto and was appointed chairman in 1964.In 1972, he was preselected for the safe National Party of [Australia – Queensland|National Party] seat of Callide. He was elected at the 1972 election, winning re-election as a National in 1974, 1977 and 1980. In 1981, Hartwig was expelled from the National Party caucus by a vote of 33 to 2 by the party executive for repeated criticism of party president Sir Robert Sparkes. He won re-election as an independent in 1983, but retired at the 1986 election. During his time as an independent, he was elected as the Chairman of the Livingstone Shire Council in a landslide. However, he only served about 11 months as chairman because of continual concerns about his ability to be effective as a shire chairman given his parliamentary duties.
Hartwig was never appointed to state Cabinet but had a notable achievement in fighting successfully to have Queensland Day officially recognised. He also adopted a unique radio campaign. He put together a race-call commercial and called himself "Lovable Lindsay" who always won by a nose.
After leaving Parliament he became involved with the Liberal Party for a time and contested the 1988 [South Coast state by-election|1988 South-Coast by-election] for the fringe right-wing Citizens Electoral Council.