Bill Eaton (politician)

Bill Eaton
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Mourilyan
In office
29 November 1980  19 September 1992
Preceded by Vicky Kippin
Succeeded by Seat abolished
Personal details
Born Andrew George Eaton
(1931-11-29)29 November 1931
Gilgandra, New South Wales, Australia
Died 22 May 2011(2011-05-22) (aged 79)
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Nationality Australian
Political party Australian Labor Party
Spouse(s) Shirley Daw Boothman
Occupation Linesman
Religion Roman Catholic

Andrew George "Bill" Eaton (29 November 1931 22 May 2011) was an Australian politician.

He 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 would have 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]

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. His seat was abolished in 1992 and he ran, unsuccessfully, for Hinchinbrook. Eaton died in 2011 in Cairns.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Queensland Parliament (2012). "Eaton, Andrew George (Bill)". Retrieved 24 November 2013.
Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by
Vicky Kippin
Member for Mourilyan
19801992
Abolished
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