Walter Ingram | |
Constituency Am1: | Keppel |
Assembly1: | Queensland Legislative |
Term Start1: | 15 March 1944 |
Term End1: | 24 July 1952 |
Predecessor1: | David Daniel |
Successor1: | Viv Cooper |
Birth Date: | 23 January 1891 |
Birth Place: | Blackall, Queensland, Australia |
Death Place: | Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia |
Restingplace: | North Rockhampton Cemetery |
Birthname: | Walter Charles Ingram |
Spouse: | Flora McGregor (m.1913 d.1966) |
Party: | Labor |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Walter Charles Ingram (23 January 1891 – 24 July 1952) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]
Ingram was born at Blackall, Queensland, the son of George William Ingram and Catherine Kelly Ingram. He was educated at Glenmore State School and by 1908 was employed as a road worker and shearer in Yeppoon. In 1910 he was employed as a railway construction worker based at Mount Chalmers and Many Peaks. From 1920 to 1923 he was a wharf labourer in Gladstone, then moved to Mount Morgan to work the mines until 1925. From 1925 until 1928 he was a farmer in Stanwell.[1] On 16 April 1913 Ingram married Flora McGregor.[1] (died 1966)[2] They had four sons and two daughters.[1]
Ingram died at the Rockhampton General Hospital on 24 July 1952[3] and his funeral proceeded from St Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Rockhampton to the North Rockhampton Cemetery.[4] [5]
Ingram, a member of the Labor Party, won the seat of Keppel at the 1944 Queensland state election.[6] He held the seat until his death in 1952.[1] For three years he was the Deputy Chairman of the Mount Morgan Shire Council.