Gordon McIntosh explained

Gordon McIntosh
Senator for Western Australia
Term Start:18 May 1974
Term End:5 June 1987
Birth Name:Gordon Douglas McIntosh
Birth Date:1925 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Glasgow, Scotland
Death Place:Perth, Western Australia
Nationality:Australian
Party:Australian Labor Party
Occupation:Metal worker
Serviceyears:1946–1948
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Gordon Douglas McIntosh (29 May 1925 – 10 March 2019) was a Scottish-born Australian politician.

Early life

Born in Glasgow, he was a toolmaker and served in the Royal Air Force from 1946 to 1948.[1] Having moved to Australia, he was president of the Western Australian branch of the Amalgamated Engineering Union, and later, following its amalgamation, vice-president of the Western Australian branch of the Amalgamated Metal Workers Union. In 1974, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Labor Senator for Western Australia. He held the seat until his retirement in 1987.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. McINTOSH, Gordon Douglas (1925–) Senator for Western Australia, 1974–87 (Australian Labor Party) . mcintosh-gordon-douglas . 6 May 2018.
  2. Web site: Carr . Adam . Australian Election Archive . Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive . 2008 . 2008-11-19 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080723090718/http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia . 23 July 2008 . dmy-all .
  3. http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;db=CHAMBER;id=chamber%2Fhansards%2F1987-06-05%2F0085;query=(Dataset%3Aweblastweek,hansardr,noticer,webthisweek,dailyp,votes,journals,orderofbusiness,hansards,notices,websds)%20ParliamentNumber%3A%2234%22%20Party%3A%22ind%22;rec=1 Valedictory Speech