Peter Wood (politician) explained

Peter Wood
Honorific-Suffix:
Constituency Am1:Toowoomba East
Assembly1:Queensland Legislative
Term Start1:28 May 1966
Term End1:27 May 1972
Predecessor1:Mervyn Anderson
Successor1:Seat abolished
Constituency Am2:Toowoomba South
Assembly2:Queensland Legislative
Term Start2:27 May 1972
Term End2:7 December 1974
Predecessor2:New seat
Successor2:John Warner
Birth Date:4 November 1935
Birth Place:Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Death Place:Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Nationality:Australian
Party:Labor
Spouse:Robin Hadorn
Occupation:Teacher
Relations:Les Wood (father), Bill Wood (twin brother)

Peter Wood (4 November 1935  - 24 January 2010) was an Australian politician.

Wood and his identical twin brother Bill were the sons of Les Wood, also a Labor politician.[1] Peter was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in 1966, representing Toowoomba East; he moved to Toowoomba South in 1972 but was defeated in 1974.

Following his defeat Wood spent 22 years on Toowoomba City Council, serving as deputy mayor for 12 of those. He moved to Noosa in 2007 and died from cancer in 2010.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mr Peter Wood . 30 September 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190412084505/http://www.clairemoore.net/01_cms/details.asp?ID=365 . 12 April 2019 . dead .
  2. Web site: Iconic Peter Wood loses battle.