Eugene O'Donnell | |
Constituency Am1: | Barcoo |
Assembly1: | Queensland Legislative |
Term Start1: | 1 July 1961 |
Term End1: | 27 May 1972 |
Predecessor1: | Ned Davis |
Successor1: | Seat abolished |
Constituency Am2: | Belyando |
Assembly2: | Queensland Legislative |
Term Start2: | 27 May 1972 |
Term End2: | 7 December 1974 |
Predecessor2: | New seat |
Successor2: | Vince Lester |
Birth Date: | 28 November 1913 |
Birth Place: | Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia |
Death Place: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
Birthname: | Eugene Christopher O'Donnell |
Nationality: | Australian |
Party: | Labor |
Spouse: | Emily Conlon (m.1936) |
Occupation: | School teacher |
Eugene Christopher O'Donnell (28 November 1913 - 16 August 1982) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]
O'Donnell was born in Bathurst, New South Wales, the son of Michael Patrick O'Donnell and his wife Mary (née Scanlon). He was educated at St Laurence's College in Brisbane before attending the Brisbane Teachers College. He was then posted to various schools around southern and central Queensland as a teacher and school principal.[1]
On The 10th Aug 1936 O'Donnell married Emily Conlon and together had a son and a daughter. He died in Brisbane in August 1982[1] and was cremated at the Mt Thompson Crematorium.[2]
O'Donnell won the 1961 by-election for the seat of Barcoo in the Queensland Legislative Assembly[1] to replace Ned Davis, who had died in April of that year.[3] He represented the electorate until 1972 when Barcoo was abolished. He then won the re-established seat of Belyando and retired in 1974.[1]