Bill Eaton (politician)
Bill Eaton | |
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Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Mourilyan | |
In office 29 November 1980 – 19 September 1992 | |
Preceded by | Vicky Kippin |
Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Andrew George Eaton 29 November 1931 Linesman |
Andrew George "Bill" Eaton (29 November 1931 – 22 May 2011) was an Australian politician. He was a Member of the
Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]
Early life
Eaton was born in
leukaemia shortly after their fourth child's birth. Eaton worked as a labourer, fencer, timber cutter, stationhand and machinery operator, and from 1963 he was the leading hand of a live-line gang with the Far North Queensland Electricity Board.[1]
Politics
In 1980, Eaton was elected to the
National-held seat of Hinchinbrook. The merged seat was notionally Labor-held, but Eaton lost a close contest to National's Marc Rowell.[2]
Later life
Eaton died on 22 May 2011 in
Cairns.[1]
References
- ^ Queensland Parliament. 27 June 2017. Archivedfrom the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ Green, Antony (8 April 2009). "Hinchinbrook". 2009 Queensland State Election. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 14 November 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2019.