Kay Elson Politician

Kay Selma Elson (born 25 January 1947), Australian politician, was a Liberal Member of the Australian House of Representatives from March 1996 until her resignation in November 2007. Kay represented the Division of Forde, Queensland. She was born in Brisbane, Queensland, and was a special events co-ordinator for a handicapped association, a shop proprietor and a financial consultant before entering politics. Kay has eight children and 16 grandchildren.Elson was preselected as Liberal candidate in Forde for the 1996 election. The seat was originally a safe Labor seat, but a redistribution all but erased Labor's majority. Elson defeated Labor incumbent Mary Crawford on a nine-percent swing as part of Labor's near-total collapse in Queensland; Labor was cut down to only two seats there.In June 2006, Kay Elson announced that she would not be seeking a fifth term. By this time, she'd built up her majority to 12 percent. However, the seat was lost to Labor on a 14-point swing, making it one of the safest Coalition seats to be taken by Labor.