Sam Cox (Australian politician)

Samuel Victor Cox (born 22 December 1964) is a former Australian Liberal National politician[1] who was the member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Thuringowa from 2012 to 2015.

[2] He was educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School.

[3] He defected to Pauline Hanson's One Nation in January 2017, and announced that he would contest the next Queensland state election for One Nation in the seat of Burdekin,[4] but was unsuccessful.

[5] Cox later unsuccessfully ran for mayor of Townsville in the 2020 local government elections.

[6] He contested the seat of Burdekin in the 2020 Queensland state election as a Katter's Australian Party candidate, and was again unsuccessful.