Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
John Warner | |
Office1: | Speaker of the Queensland Legislative Assembly |
Term Start1: | 22 November 1983 |
Term End1: | 1 November 1986 |
Predecessor1: | Selwyn Muller |
Successor1: | Kev Lingard |
Constituency Am2: | Toowoomba South |
Assembly2: | Queensland Legislative |
Term Start2: | 7 December 1974 |
Term End2: | 1 November 1986 |
Predecessor2: | Peter Wood |
Successor2: | Clive Berghofer |
Birth Date: | 26 November 1923 |
Birth Place: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Death Place: | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia |
Birthname: | John Herbert Warner |
Spouse: | Mary Sword (m.1949) |
Party: | National Party |
Occupation: | Farmer and grazier |
John Herbert Warner (26 November 1923 – 20 September 1991) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]
Warner was born in Sydney, New South Wales, the son of A.F. Warner and his wife Elizabeth Hazel (née Hollis) and was educated at The King's School, Parramatta. He worked as a farmer and grazier and in World War II served with the RAAF as a Flight Officer-Pilot working in the Pacific and USA operating air-sea rescues.[1]
He married Mary Alison Sword in 1949[2] and together had three sons and a daughter. Warner died in Toowoomba in September 1991.[1]
Warner won the seat of Toowoomba South for the Country Party at the 1974 Queensland state election,[1] defeating the sitting member Peter Wood of the Labor.[3] He represented the electorate for almost twelve years, retiring from politics in 1986.[1]
Warner was the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1983 until 1986.[1]