Vaughan Johnson is remembered by colleagues as a 'tough old bugger' with a 'handshake as strong as oak' who championed regional Queensland.
Vaughan Johnson was the Member for Gregory in outback Queensland for 25 years.abc.net.au/news/former-queensland-lnp-politician-vaughan-johnson-dies/101880498Order of Australia medallist and former Queensland politician Vaughan Johnson has died overnight.
He entered politics as a councillor for Quilpie Shire in the early 1970s before he was elected to the Queensland Parliament as the member for Gregory in 1989. He worked as a grazier and contractor prior to entering politics and was renowned as an advocate for outback industry.as one of Queensland's longest-serving MPs, saying his career was not about politics but instead about representing people from all walks of life.
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