Aidan McLindon

Aidan McLindon is a musician and an Australian politician.
Political career
Aidan McLindon was elected Leader of the Opposition in Queensland's Inaugural Youth Parliament in 1996 and selected to attend the National Youth Futures Forum held in Canberra. He was then preselected to run for a state seat as Australia's youngest politically endorsed candidate at the age of 17 years old and completed a personal door to door campaign to 17,500 homes. In 2004 he was elected to Logan City Council for Division 4. In 2008 he was re-elected to council after running for Division 3 against the Deputy Mayor following the forced amalgamations.
He was selected as Lawrence Springborg's representative for the seat of Beaudesert in the 2009 Queensland Election.
Early life
McLindon cites an early interest in politics at the age of 15 from work experience at Queensland Parliament House in 1995. He later went on to complete a degree in Government and Politics, majoring in Public Policy, at Griffith University .
He has worked for state and federal members of parliament and assisted in numerous campaigns in South East Queensland.
He was in the Australian Army Reserves as an infantry soldier and qualified driver at 9RQR, C COY from 1997 - 2002.
Controversy
In 2005, McLindon was charged with a public nuisance charge after successfully gaining access to the stage of the Big Brother finale show. Wearing the Tshirt of his band KillTV, McLindon was removed by security guards. He later claimed it was to bring attention to the program breaching the Commercial Television Industry Code of Conduct.

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