Roland Hislop | |
Constituency Am1: | Sandgate |
Assembly1: | Queensland Legislative |
Term Start1: | 11 May 1935 |
Term End1: | 29 March 1941 |
Predecessor1: | Hubert Sizer |
Successor1: | Eric Decker |
Birth Date: | 20 April 1884 |
Birthname: | Roland William Hislop |
Spouse: | Daisy Elizabeth Davidge (m.1909 d.1953) |
Party: | Labor |
Occupation: | Furniture manufacturer |
Roland William Hislop (20 April 1884 – 30 May 1948) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]
Hislop was born in Brisbane, Queensland, the son of William Hislop and his wife Alice (née Toyne) and educated in Brisbane. He was a well-known furniture manufacturer and after he was finished in politics worked as a welfare officer with the Queensland Apprenticeships Committee.[1]
On 21 December 1909, he married Daisy Elizabeth Davidge[1] (died 1953).[2] Hislop died in May 1948[1] and was cremated at the Mt Thompson Crematorium.[3]
Hislop won the seat of Sandgate for the Labor Party at the 1935 Queensland state election, defeating James Kenny of the Country and Progressive National Party.[4] He went on to hold the seat for six years before his defeat at the 1941 Queensland state election by Eric Decker of the Country Party.[5]