Alec Inch Explained

Alec Inch
Constituency Am1:Burke
Assembly1:Queensland Legislative
Term Start1:28 May 1960
Term End1:27 May 1972
Predecessor1:New seat
Successor1:Seat abolished
Constituency Am2:Mount Isa
Assembly2:Queensland Legislative
Term Start2:27 May 1972
Term End2:6 December 1974
Predecessor2:New seat
Successor2:Angelo Bertoni
Birth Date:23 October 1915
Birth Place:Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
Death Place:Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Birthname:Alexander James Inch
Nationality:Australian
Party:Labor
Spouse:Rita Alice Morgans (m.1938)
Occupation:Engine driver

Alexander James Inch (23 October 1915 – 3 July 1994) was an Engine driver and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]

Early days

Inch was born at Charters Towers, Queensland, to Alexander William and his wife Elizabeth Genevieve (née Lacey) and was educated at St Columbus Primary School and Mount Carmel Christian Brothers in Charters Towers. During the depression, Inch worked in the pastoral industry and also doing railway maintenance. By the early 1940s, he had become a 1st class engine driver in Innisfail and in the 1950s he was a 1st class electrical and general winding-engine driver working for Mount Isa Mines.[1]

Political career

At the 1960 election the seat of Burke was reincarnated and Inch, standing for the Labor Party, won the seat. He held the seat until 1972 when it was once again abolished and Inch moved to the new seat of Mount Isa but did not contest the seat in 1974.[1]

Personal life

On the 17 Dec 1938, Inch married Rita Alice Morgans and together had one son. He died in Townsville 1994.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Former Members. Parliament of Queensland. 2015. 14 February 2016.