Alec Inch

Alec Inch
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Burke
In office
28 May 1960  27 May 1972
Preceded by New seat
Succeeded by Seat abolished
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Mount Isa
In office
27 May 1972  6 December 1974
Preceded by New seat
Succeeded by Angelo Bertoni
Personal details
Born Alexander James Inch
(1915-10-23)23 October 1915
Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
Died 3 July 1994(1994-07-03) (aged 78)
(Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Nationality Australian
Political party ALP
Spouse(s) Rita Alice Morgans (m.1938)
Occupation Engine driver
Religion Roman Catholic

Alec Inch (23 October 1915 – 3 July 1994) was a Engine driver and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]

Early days

Inch was born at Charters Towers, Queensland, to Alexander William and his wife Elizabeth Genevieve (née Lacey) and was educated at St Columbus Primary School and Mount Carmel Christian Brothers in Charters Towers. During the depression, Inch worked in the pastoral industry and also doing railway maintenance. By the early 1940s, he had become a 1st class engine driver in Innisfail and in the 1950s he was a 1st class electrical and general winding-engine driver working for Mount Isa Mines.[1]

Political career

At the 1960 election the seat of Burke was reincarnated and Inch, standing for the ALP, won the seat. He held the seat until 1972 when it was once again abolished and Inch moved to the new seat of Mount Isa but did not contest the seat in 1974.[1]

Personal life

On the 17 Dec 1938, Inch married Rita Alice Morgans and together had one son. He died in Townsville 1994.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
Parliament of Queensland
New seat Member for Burke
19601972
Abolished
New seat Member for Mount Isa
19721974
Succeeded by
Angelo Bertoni
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