Bill_Eaton_(politician)

Bill Eaton (politician)

Bill Eaton (politician)

Australian politician


Andrew George "Bill" Eaton (29 November 1931 22 May 2011) was an Australian politician. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]

Quick Facts Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Mourilyan, Preceded by ...

Early life

Eaton was born in Gilgandra in New South Wales to Cyril Allan Dudley Eaton and Mary Catherine, née O'Donohue. He attended Dobies Bight State School and St Mary's Convent in Casino. In 1931 he married Shirley Daw Boothman; they had four children, but Shirley died of leukaemia shortly after their fourth child's birth. Eaton worked as a labourer, fencer, timber cutter, stationhand and machinery operator, and from 1963 he was the leading hand of a live-line gang with the Far North Queensland Electricity Board.[1]

Politics

In 1980, Eaton was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly as the Labor member for Mourilyan. In 1983 he was promoted to the front bench as Opposition Spokesman for Water Resources and Maritime Services, and upon Labor's victory in 1989 he became Minister for Land Management.[1] His seat was abolished in 1992 and largely merged with the neighbouring National-held seat of Hinchinbrook. The merged seat was notionally Labor-held, but Eaton lost a close contest to National's Marc Rowell.[2]

Later life

Eaton died on 22 May 2011 in Cairns.[1]


References

  1. "Eaton, Andrew George (Bill)". Former Members Register. Queensland Parliament. 27 June 2017. Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  2. Green, Antony (8 April 2009). "Hinchinbrook". 2009 Queensland State Election. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 14 November 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
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