Lorraine Bird

Lorraine Rita Bird is a former Australian politician.
Bird worked as an antiques dealer and community development worker, and joined the Labor Party in 1979. In 1985 she was elected to Pioneer Shire Council, and in 1989 was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly as the Labor member for Whitsunday. In February 1996 she was appointed Shadow Minister for Tourism, and she was shuffled to Shadow Minister for Public Works and Administrative Services in December 1996 before leaving the front bench in August 1997. In 1998 she was defeated by a One Nation candidate.