Shane King (politician)

Shane Roderick King (born 15 January 1969) is an Australian politician. He has been the Labor member for Kurwongbah (formerly Kallangur) in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2015.

Shane attended High School at Pine Rivers High before commencing an apprenticeship as an Electrical Fitter Mechanic with QEC (now Powerlink).

He has worked the majority of his life all across Queensland in the Electricity Supply Industry but has also worked in rural and remote Australia for Rio Tinto in their Western Australian Iron Ore mines.

King has tertiary qualifications in Occupational Health and Hygiene as well as Certificate IV qualifications in Frontline Management, Training and Assessing and Workplace Health and Safety. He is a long time Workplace delegate for the Electrical Trade Union, providing advice and guidance to union members.

Since 2015, King has served as Chair of the Utilities, Science and Innovation Committee, Chair of the Transportation and Utilities Committee and Chair of the Public Works and Utilities Committee respectively. He also served as a member of the Parliamentary Crime and Corruption Committee between 2018 and 2019.