Sam Cox | |
Office: | Member of the Queensland Parliament for Thuringowa |
Term Start: | 24 March 2012 |
Term End: | 31 January 2015 |
Predecessor: | Craig Wallace |
Successor: | Aaron Harper |
Office1: | Deputy Leader of One Nation Queensland |
Term Start1: | 24 August 2017 |
Term End1: | 30 April 2019 |
Leader1: | Steve Dickson |
Successor1: | Steve Andrew |
Birth Date: | 1964 12, df=y |
Birth Place: | Home Hill, Queensland, Australia |
Birthname: | Samuel Victor Cox |
Party: | Katter's Australian (2020–present) |
Children: | 3 |
Education: | Anglican Church Grammar School, Brisbane |
Alma Mater: | University of Queensland, Gatton Campus |
Occupation: | Cane farmer (Self-employed) |
Profession: | Grazier businessman |
Samuel Victor Cox (born 22 December 1964) is a former Australian Liberal National politician[1] who was the member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Thuringowa from 2012 to 2015.[2] He was educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School.[3]
He defected to Pauline Hanson's One Nation in January 2017, and announced that he would contest the next Queensland state election for One Nation in the seat of Burdekin,[4] but was unsuccessful.[5] Cox later unsuccessfully ran for mayor of Townsville in the 2020 local government elections.[6] He contested the seat of Burdekin in the 2020 Queensland state election as a Katter's Australian Party candidate, and was again unsuccessful.[7]