Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "David John Hopetoun Watson (born 29 January 1945) was an Australian politician. Born in Sydney, he was educated at the University of Queensland and the University of Ohio before becoming an accountant. He was Professor of Accounting and Dean of Commerce and Economics at the University of Queensland before entering politics. In 1984, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Liberal member for Forde. He was defeated in the next federal election in 1987, but in 1989 was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland as the member for Moggill. He was the Queensland Minister for Housing and Public Works 1996-98 and Leader of the Queensland Liberal Party 1998-2001. During his last term, he was the only non-Labor MLA from Brisbane."@en }
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- David_Watson_(Queensland_politician) abstract "David John Hopetoun Watson (born 29 January 1945) was an Australian politician. Born in Sydney, he was educated at the University of Queensland and the University of Ohio before becoming an accountant. He was Professor of Accounting and Dean of Commerce and Economics at the University of Queensland before entering politics. In 1984, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Liberal member for Forde. He was defeated in the next federal election in 1987, but in 1989 was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland as the member for Moggill. He was the Queensland Minister for Housing and Public Works 1996-98 and Leader of the Queensland Liberal Party 1998-2001. During his last term, he was the only non-Labor MLA from Brisbane.".