Trevor McDougall Coomber (born 13 June 1949) is a former Australian politician.

Trevor Coomber
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Currumbin
In office
2 December 1989 – 19 September 1992
Preceded byLeo Gately
Succeeded byMerri Rose
Personal details
Born
Trevor McDougall Coomber

(1949-06-13) 13 June 1949 (age 75)
Charleville, Queensland, Australia
Political partyLiberal Party
SpouseKathryn Coomber
OccupationPharmacist

He was born in Charleville to schoolteacher Laurence Edward Coomber and Sybil Harding, née Lightbody, a secretary. He was educated at public schools in Pelican, Lowmead and Rosedale and at high schools in Bundaberg and Mount Gravatt. In 1970 he graduated from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Pharmacy, and began work as a pharmacist in Brisbane. On 8 April 1972 he married Roberta Anne Richardson, also a pharmacist; they had four children before their separation. Coomber moved to the Gold Coast in 1973 and to Palm Beach in 1974, where he was a member of the Beach Protection Authority of Queensland and patron of several community groups.[1]

A member of the Liberal Party since 1974, he resigned from the party in 1981 over retrospective taxation. In 1982 he was elected to Gold Coast City Council as a National, although he resigned from the party in 1986 after land development pressures on the Gold Coast led to a disagreement. During his tenure as an Alderman, he met and later married Kathryn Smith, a personal assistant. After an unsuccessful run for the state seat of Currumbin as an independent in 1986, he was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly in 1989 as a Liberal. In 1992 he challenged National Party leader Rob Borbidge in Surfers Paradise, but was defeated.[1]

After leaving politics, he returned to community pharmacy, operating several pharmacies under the Terry White brand. His association with Terry White strengthened, to include holding a position on the group's Board. In 2018, Coomber's operating company entered administration and was eventually wound up by liquidators in 2019 with unsupported liabilities in the order of AU$19 million.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Waterson, D.B. (1993). Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament, 1981–1992. Casket Publications. p. 14.
  2. ^ "Insolvency Notices".
Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by Member for Currumbin
1989–1992
Succeeded by