{"id":316226,"date":"2022-04-12T15:53:47","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T05:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=316226"},"modified":"2022-04-12T15:53:47","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T05:53:47","slug":"odowd-bows-out-in-flynn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2022\/04\/12\/odowd-bows-out-in-flynn\/","title":{"rendered":"O&#8217;Dowd Bows Out In Flynn"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_314363\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-314363\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220205proston04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-314363 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220205proston04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220205proston04.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220205proston04-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220205proston04-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220205proston04-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220205proston04-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220205proston04-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-314363\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Retiring Member for Flynn Ken O\u2019Dowd and his wife Shirley at the recent Proston Show<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>April 12, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Member for Flynn Ken O&#8217;Dowd has now officially retired.<\/p>\n<p>In a message to constituents left on social media, the LNP MP said it had been &#8220;both a privilege and honour&#8221; to be their Federal representative since 2010.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The 46th Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia has now dissolved and I have retired after four government terms,&#8221; Mr O&#8217;Dowd wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am no longer the sitting Member for the electorate of Flynn.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Flynn electorate offices in Gladstone and Emerald will remain open and my former staff will be offering a limited service until the time the Election Polls are declared.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Should you need to make contact in the near future, please ring Gladstone Office on (07) 4972-5465 or Emerald office on (07) 4982-4266.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thank you and kind regards.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related article: <a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2022\/02\/10\/ken-odowd-farewells-parliament\/\">Ken O&#8217;Dowd Farewells Parliament<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Member for Flynn Ken O&#8217;Dowd has now officially retired.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":314363,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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