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 |
Awards: | is not set --> |
Gordon Douglas McIntosh (29 May 1925 – 10 March 2019) was a Scottish-born Australian politician.
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]