Cec Creedon

Cecil William (Cec) Creedon (9 March 1922 – 3 August 2014) was a politician in the State of South Australia.

History

Cecil Creedon was born in Westbury, Tasmania the eldest of four children of Cecil and Adele Creedon. He was educated at a Catholic school in Westbury.^[1]

He joined the

Second World War

.

He joined the

Gawler, South Australia, where he served as a councillor for many years and was Mayor 1972–1978.^[2]

He was elected to a Midlands district seat in the Legislative Council for the Labor Party in March 1973 (Labor's first MLC outside the metropolitan area), and remained a member through the change to a single electorate in 1975, retiring in December 1985.^[3]

Family

Cecil W. Creedon married Jessie (died 2010) on 23 February 1946; they had one daughter and four sons.

References

^ "Gawler Now and Then:Creedon, Cecil William". Retrieved 23 December 2014.
^ "Gawler Now and Then - Mayors of Gawler". Retrieved 23 December 2014.
^ "Hon Cecil William Creedon". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 14 November 2022.

External links

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[1] "Gawler Now and Then:Creedon, Cecil William". Retrieved 23 December 2014.

[2] "Gawler Now and Then - Mayors of Gawler". Retrieved 23 December 2014.

[SA_parl-3] "Hon Cecil William Creedon". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 14 November 2022.

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