Pierson wins re-election in Ranson
RANSON – Incumbent Mayor Keith “Duke” Pierson, an integral figure in recruiting the Rockwool factory to Ranson, held off two challengers by 29 votes in this year’s city election.
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RANSON – Incumbent Mayor Keith “Duke” Pierson, an integral figure in recruiting the Rockwool factory to Ranson, held off two challengers by 29 votes in this year’s city election.
An integral and beloved figure in the local Labor and union movement who tirelessly committed decades of service to the city of Ipswich is being mourned
Premium Content Subscriber only FORMER Ipswich state MP Rachel Nolan believes the city’s future “hangs in the balance” and the next few years are critical to setting things on the right path after the monumental damage done by corrupt mayor Paul Pisasale and other senior council figures. Now executive chair at think tank the McKell Institute, Ms Nolan has been out of politics for almost a decade. At the time she was the youngest woman ever elected as an MP in Queensland when she won the seat of Ipswich in 2001, at the age of 26. Bill Hayden with former MPs Rachel Nolan (left), David H...