Russell Cooper

Russell Cooper

Theo Russell Cooper AM (born 4 February 1941 in Brisbane) is a former Australian National Party politician. He was Premier of Queensland for a period of 73 days, from 25 September 1989 to 7 December 1989. His loss at the state election of 1989 ended 32 years of continuous National Party rule over Queensland.

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