Elisa Roberts

Elisa Roberts
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Gympie
In office 17 February 2001 – 9 September 2006
Preceded by	Len Stephan
Succeeded by	David Gibson
Personal details
Born	Elisa Mary Roberts (1970-09-03) 3 September 1970 Sydney, Australia
Political party	Independent (since 2002)
Other political affiliations	Pauline Hanson's One Nation (2001–2002)
Alma mater	University of New South Wales
Occupation	Defence Force employee (Australian Army)
Profession	Soldier politician
Military service
Allegiance	Commonwealth of Australia
Branch/service	Australian Army
Years of service	1989–1993
Rank	Private

Elisa Mary Roberts (born 3 September 1970) is a former Australian politician. Born in Sydney, she served with the Australian Defence Force at Victoria Barracks in Paddington from 1989 to 1993, and received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of New South Wales in 1996. Having moved to Queensland, she was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in 2001 as the member for Gympie, representing Pauline Hanson's One Nation. She left the party on 18 April 2002 to sit as an independent, leaving only two One Nation MPs in the Parliament. She was re-elected as an independent in 2004, but was defeated in 2006 by National Party candidate David Gibson. She re-contested Gympie in 2009 but was unsuccessful.