David Low (politician)

David Low
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Cooroora
In office
3 May 1947  16 Oct 1974
Preceded by Harry Walker
Succeeded by Gordon Simpson
Personal details
Born David Alan Low
(1911-04-05)5 April 1911
Yandina, Queensland, Australia
Died 22 October 1974(1974-10-22) (aged 101)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Nationality Australian
Political party Country Party
Spouse(s) Claudia Helen Ritchie (m.1939)
Occupation Farmer, Railway clerk
Religion Presbyterian

David Alan Low (5 February 1911 – 22 October 1974) was a railway clerk and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]

Biography

Low was born in Yandina, Queensland, to parents John Anthony Low and his wife Louisa Ann (née Bury) and was educated at Nambour State School, Yandina Rural School, and Nambour High Schools. He became a railway clerk at Nambour, Yandina, Kingaroy and Maryborough.[1]

On the 1939 he married Claudia Helen Ritchie and together had one daughter. His interests included fishing, aurfing, and lawn bowls. He was a member of the Maroochy Masonic Lodge and the Nambour Bowls Club.[1]

David Low Way, a 39 kilometer stretch of road that joins coastal townships of the Sunshine Coast is named in his honour. He died in Brisbane in 1974, six days after resigning his seat in parliament.[1]

Political career

Low, for the Country Party, was the member for Cooroora in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1947 until 1974. He was also Chairman of the Maroochy Shire Council from 1952 until 1967.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by
Harry Walker
Member for Cooroora
19471974
Succeeded by
Gordon Simpson

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