Editing Warren Truss (section)

==Early life==
Truss was born in the region of [[Kingaroy]], Queensland. He attended [[Concordia Lutheran College]] in [[Toowoomba]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.crikey.com.au/2013/12/16/beware-cabinet-really-is-a-private-school-boys-club/|title=Survey: cabinet really is a private school boys' club|publisher=Crikey|first=Dylan|last=Barber|date=16 December 2013|access-date=10 June 2021|archive-date=10 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610160236/https://www.crikey.com.au/2013/12/16/beware-cabinet-really-is-a-private-school-boys-club/|url-status=live}}</ref> He was a bean farmer before he entered politics.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/warren-truss-from-bean-farmer-to-deputy-pm--and-now-retirement/news-story/c3396e03f0867c20de8cc6cf73ec59bd|title=Warren Truss: from bean farmer to Deputy PM — and now retirement|date=11 February 2016|newspaper=The Australian|publisher=News Corp Australia}}</ref> He was chair of the Sugar Coast Burnett Regional Tourism Board and a councillor of the [[Shire of Kingaroy]] 1976–90.<ref name=poa>{{cite web |title=The Hon Warren Truss MP, Member for Wide Bay (Qld) |publisher=[[Parliament of Australia]] |url=http://www.aph.gov.au/house/members/biography.asp?id=GT4 |access-date=8 November 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070830091537/http://www.aph.gov.au/house/members/biography.asp?id=GT4 |archive-date=30 August 2007 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> He was Chairman of Kingaroy Shire Council from 1983 to 1990.<ref>"Landscapes of Change", by Dr Tony Mathews, p688</ref>