Ray Bousen | |
Constituency Am1: | Toowoomba West |
Assembly1: | Queensland Legislative |
Term Start1: | 17 May 1969 |
Term End1: | 27 May 1972 |
Predecessor1: | Jack Duggan |
Successor1: | Seat abolished |
Constituency Am2: | Toowoomba North |
Assembly2: | Queensland Legislative |
Term Start2: | 27 May 1972 |
Term End2: | 7 December 1974 |
Predecessor2: | New seat |
Successor2: | John Lockwood |
Birth Date: | 13 January 1911 |
Birth Place: | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia |
Death Place: | Coolum, Queensland, Australia |
Birthname: | William Raymond James Bousen |
Nationality: | Australian |
Party: | Labor |
Spouse: | Doris Evelyn Hooper (m.1933) |
Occupation: | Railway employee |
William Raymond James Bousen (13 January 1911 – 28 May 2002) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]
Bousen was born in Toowoomba, Queensland, the son of Sydney Herbert Bousen and his wife Annie Louisa (née Stayte). He was educated at Toowoomba North State School before attending the Toowoomba Technical College. He worked for the Queensland Railways all his life in a variety of jobs.[1]
On 29 April 1933 he married Doris Evelyn Hooper and together had two daughters. He died at Coolum in May 2002.[1]
Bousen, representing the Labor, was the member for Toowoomba West in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1969 until 1972. Toowoomba West was abolished and from 1972 until his defeat in 1974 he represented Toowoomba North.[1]