Ellis Lawrie | |
Senator for Queensland | |
Term Start: | 1 July 1965 |
Term End: | 11 November 1975 |
Birth Date: | 1907 6, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Lorn, New South Wales, Australia |
Death Place: | Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia |
Nationality: | Australian |
Spouse: | Margaret Lawrie |
Party: | Australian Country Party |
Occupation: | Grazier |
Alexander Greig Ellis Lawrie (19 June 1907 - 13 December 1978) was an Australian politician. Born in Maitland, New South Wales, he was educated at The Scots College in Sydney before moving to Evergreen in Queensland to become a grazier. He was an official of the Queensland Graziers' Association and served as Queensland State President of the Country Party 1960–1964. In 1963, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Country Party Senator for Queensland. He remained a Senator until his retirement in 1975.[1] [2]
Lawrie died in 1978 (aged 71), survived by his wife Margaret . They had married on 11 May 1939 and had four children.