He was a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1995 to 1998, representing the electorate of Springwood.
[1] Woolmer, who worked in the Information Technology sector prior to running for parliament,[2] entered the election on the tail of the so-called "koala tollway" controversy, in which the Labor government had planned to build a tollway through a koala sanctuary.
Woolmer won the election by 18.5%, having received a swing of 19.4% on the back of the preferences from the minor parties.
[3] He helped to establish the government's Ministerial Council for IT & T, and he had hoped to become the state's first IT minister after the 1998 election.
[4] After his 1998 loss, Woolmer ran unsuccessfully for pre-selection in the Federal seat of McPherson,[5] before returning to work in the IT sector.