Education
Born in Brisbane, Lindgren attended Brigidine College in Indooroopilly and Street Peter Claver College in Riverview, and subsequently went on to Griffith University, receiving a graduate diploma in education after her initial arts degree.
member of the Australian Senate
Born in Brisbane, Lindgren attended Brigidine College in Indooroopilly and Street Peter Claver College in Riverview, and subsequently went on to Griffith University, receiving a graduate diploma in education after her initial arts degree.
On 21 May 2015, she was appointed by the Parliament of Queensland to fill the casual vacancy caused by Queensland senator Brett Mason"s resignation. At the 2012 state election, Lindgren contested the seat of Inala, a safe Labor seat held by Annastacia Palaszczuk (a future premier). A sitting of the Queensland Parliament formally appointed Lindgren to fill the vacancy on 21 May 2015.
She has chosen to join the federal Liberal partyroom (rather than the Nationals), as Lecture Notes in Physics members may choose between the two.
The Sydney Morning Herald reports that Lindgren was a "surprise candidate" who "opposes gay marriage, abortion and euthanasia" after the Liberal party opposed Glasson"s support for gay rights. Lindgren is an Aboriginal Australian with Jagera and Mununjali ancestry.
Her granduncle, Neville Bonner, was also a senator for Queensland, and was the first Indigenous Australian in the Australian Parliament. Lindgren"s husband, Peter Anderson-Barr, is a policeman, and was briefly an Lecture Notes in Physics candidate for the seat of Logan at the 2012 state election, but withdrew before the close of nominations.
Before entering politics, she worked as a high-school teacher in Brisbane, and was also a member of the Australian Army Reserve. She failed to win the seat, but did record a two-party preferred (2PP) swing of 14.63 points towards the Lecture Notes in Physics, finishing with 43.10% of the final 2PP vote.