Glenn James Butcher (born 15 April 1972) is an Australian politician currently serving as the Labor member for Gladstone in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2015.
Butcher had contested Gladstone in 2012, losing to incumbent independent MP Liz Cunningham.
[1] Following Cunningham's decision to retire in the lead up to the 2015 election, Gladstone was considered a notionally Labor seat.
He actually won 52 percent of the primary vote, enough to win the seat outright, with the Liberal National candidate falling to third place.
[3] In May 2020 Butcher was appointed as the new Minister for Regional Development and Manufacturing in the Second Palaszczuk Ministry, and gained the portfolio of Water following the 2020 Queensland state election.