Bill Gunn (Queensland politician)

Bill Gunn DSO
William Morrison Gunn - In military uniform 1914
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Wynnum
In office 15 April 1944 – 28 May 1966
Preceded by	Bill Dart
Succeeded by	Edward Harris
Personal details
Born	William Morrison Gunn 19 April 1895 Mackay, Queensland, Australia
Died	9 April 1970 (aged 74) Manly, Queensland, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Political party	ALP
Spouse(s)	Edith Annie Curtis (m.1921 d.1971)
Occupation	Grocer
Religion	Presbyterian

William Morrison "Bill" Gunn (19 April 1895 - 9 April 1970) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.^[1]

Biography

Gunn was born at Mackay, Queensland, the son of the William Gunn and his wife Mary (née McLeod). He was educated at Brisbane, Gympie, and Laidley before joining the 1st AIF at the start of World War One. He was stationed with the 2nd Light Horse Brigade and saw action in Gallipoli and Palestine and in April of 1917 promoted to sergeant.^[1]

In the same month as his promotion, Gunn was shot in the head and left elbow by opposing forces near Gaza. He was found to have a fractured skull and was put on the dangerously ill list. He was deemed unfit for fighting and returned home in May of 1917. After his return he was a grocer at Wynnum.^[1]

On the 29th October 1921 Gunn married Edith Annie Curtis^[1] (died 1971)^[2] and together had a son and a daughter.^[1] He died at Manly in April of 1970.^[1]

Public life

At the 1944 Queensland state election, Gunn, for the Labor Party, won the seat of Wynnum, defeating the sitting member, Bill Dart.^[3] He held Wynnum for 22 years before retiring at the 1966 Queensland state election,

References

1. "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
2. Edith Annie Gunn ( - 1971) — Heaven Address. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
3. "HOW STATE VOTED FOR NEW PARLIAMENT". The Courier-mail (3310) (Queensland, Australia). 17 April 1944. p. 4. Retrieved 30 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.