Lance McCallum
Australian politician
Lance Richard McCallum is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2020, when he was elected to represent Bundamba in a by-election following the resignation of Jo-Ann Miller.
He worked as an official for the Electrical Trades Union, and in 2019 was appointed by the Queensland Government as director of the Just Transition Group.
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