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A Queensland<\/a> state politician has been found dead at his home.<\/p>\n Jimmy Sullivan, 44, was the independent MP for the Queensland electorate of Stafford in Brisbane\u2019s north.<\/p>\n Police were called to Sullivan\u2019s Stafford home unit about 10.15pm on Thursday where they found his body.<\/p>\n The death is not being treated as suspicious and a report will be prepared for the coroner.<\/p>\n The Queensland premier, David Crisafulli, released a statement on Friday morning offering his condolences to Sullivan\u2019s family for his \u201csudden passing\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cOn behalf of all Queenslanders, we extend our heartfelt condolences to his family during this difficult time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Sullivan was elected to parliament as a Labor MP in 2020 and served as assistant minister for justice and veterans affairs under the former premier, Steven Miles.<\/p>\n He was the son of former Labor MP Terry Sullivan, who also served the Stafford electorate from 2001 to 2006.<\/p>\n Before entering parliament he was a long-serving chief of staff to former attorney general Yvette D\u2019Ath.<\/p>\n He was re-elected in the 2024 state election, surviving a 5.5% swing against him as the Miles government was defeated by the David Crisafulli-led Liberal National Party.<\/p>\n He fell out with Labor soon afterwards, with police called to an alleged domestic incident at his home the day after the election.<\/p>\n No charges were ever laid.<\/p>\n