Eric Gaven

Eric Gaven
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Southport
In office
29 Apr 1950  28 May 1960
Preceded by New seat
Succeeded by Seat abolished
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for South Coast
In office
28 May 1960  28 May 1966
Preceded by New seat
Succeeded by Russ Hinze
Personal details
Born Eric John Gaven
(1905-03-16)16 March 1905
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Died 18 January 1974(1974-01-18) (aged 68)
Southport, Queensland, Australia
Nationality Australian
Political party Country Party
Spouse(s) Janet Elizabeth Isabel Spencer (m.1930 d.1987)
Occupation Property developer
Religion Presbyterian

Eric John Gaven (16 March 1905 - 18 January 1974) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]

Biography

Gaven was born at Brisbane, Queensland, the son of William Henry Gaven and his wife Emily Mary (née Price). He was educated at Dutton Park and East Brisbane and started his working life at a greengrocer in Woolloongabba. He then worked for the PMG before running a banana farm at Upper Coomera. He then became a Property developer on the Gold Coast.


On the 15th February 1930 Gaven married Janet Elizabeth Isabel Spencer [1] (died 1987)[2] and together had two daughters. He died at Southport in January of 1974[1] and was Cremated at the Mt Thompson Crematorium.[3]

Public life

Gaven was a councilor on the Nerang Shire Council from 1935 to 1949 and chairman of the newly established Albert Shire Council in 1949-1950.[1]

He won the seat of Southport at the 1950 Queensland state election for the Country Party. He held the seat for 10 years before it was abolished for the 1960 Queensland state election and Gaven then won the new seat of South Coast, which he held until 1966.[1]

He was a member of the Commonwealth parliamentary delegation to New Delhi in 1957. The seat of Gaven bears his name as does the Gaven Way, linking the Pacific Highway between Nerang and Broadbeach.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  2. Family history research Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  3. Eric John Gaven ( - 1974) Heaven Address. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
Parliament of Queensland
New seat Member for Southport
19501960
Abolished
New seat Member for South Coast
19601966
Succeeded by
Russ Hinze
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