Mick Gardner Explained

Mick Gardner
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Constituency Am1:Rockhampton
Assembly1:Queensland Legislative
Term Start1:19 May 1956
Term End1:28 May 1960
Predecessor1:James Larcombe
Successor1:Seat abolished
Birth Date:12 January 1899
Birth Place:Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death Place:Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Birthname:Harold Raymond Gardner
Nationality:Australian
Party:Queensland Labor Party
Otherparty:Labor
Spouse:Alice Rose Aitken (m.1921)
Occupation:Garage proprietor, Trade union secretary

Harold Raymond "Mick" Gardner OBE (12 January 1899  - 17 February 1981) was an Australian politician. He was the member for Rockhampton in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1956 to 1960, initially for the Labor Party and then from 1957 as part of the right-wing breakaway Queensland Labor Party.[1] He contested the federal seat of Capricornia five times: for the ALP in 1949, 1951, 1954 and 1958 and for the QLP in 1961.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Former Members. Parliament of Queensland. 2015. 13 February 2015.
  2. http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/ Australian Election Archive