Ron Davies (Western Australian politician)
Ronald Davies (11 April 1926 – 24 July 2011) was an Australian politician, who was a
Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for the electoral district of Victoria Park
from 1961 to 1986.
Born in 1926,Tonkin Ministry.[2] In 1974, with the Labor Party in Opposition, he was a member of the Tonkin Shadow Ministry.
In 1978, the Labor Party elected him as party leader in Western Australia and he served as
leadership spill on 18 September 1981.[3] The year before his deposition, he had led the ALP to defeat by Sir Charles Court
's reigning Liberal Party at a state election.
Davies retired from parliament in 1986. He served as
Agent-General for Western Australia in London from 1986 to 1990. He died in July 2011.[3]
References
- ISBN 9780949137005.
- ^ Cook, Roger: Tributes flow for Labor stalwart Ron Davies, Office of the Leader of the Opposition, 26 July 2011.
- ^ a b Former Labor leader Ron Davies has died at age 85, ABC News, 26 July 2011.