What is Russell Trood?
'''Russell Brunell Trood''' (5 December 1948 &ndash; 9 January 2017) was an [[Australia]]n politician. He was a member of the [[Liberal Party (Australia)|Liberal Party]]. He served as a [[Australian Senate|Senator]] for [[Queensland]] from 1 July 2005 until 30 June 2011. He later served as the National President of the [[United Nations Association of Australia]] from 2012 to 2016. He was born in [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]. Trood died from [[thyroid cancer]] on 9 January 2017 in [[Brisbane]], Queensland. He was 68.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/33763095/pm-pays-tribute-to-former-liberal-senator/#page1|title=PM pays tribute to former Liberal senator|author=AAP|work=[[Seven Network]]|publisher=[[Yahoo!]]|date=10 January 2017|access-date=12 January 2017}}{{Dead link|date=September 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Trood, Russell}} [[Category:1948 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in Queensland]] [[Category:Deaths from thyroid cancer]] [[Category:Liberal Party of Australia politicians]] [[Category:Members of the Australian Senate]] [[Category:Politicians from Melbourne]] [[Category:Politicians from Queensland]] {{Bio-stub}}