Personal
Birth Date
20 Oct 1925 (Mackay, Queensland, Australia)
Parents
Herbert Cecil Sydney and Nora Ethel Violet Thackeray (nee Wright)
Marriage
Married - Dorothy Scholes in 1947, 1 son, 1 daughter.
Occupation
Railwayman and grazier
Education
1. Mackay Primary School
Religion
Church of England
Career
1. Grazier
2. Union delegate
3. Engine Driver, Emerald and Rockhampton
4. Fireman, Yeppoon, 1952 to 1955
5. Fireman, Alpha and Emerald, 1947; Rockhampton and Emerald, 1948; Rockhampton and Sarina, 1950
6. Engine cleaner, Queensland Government Railways, Rockhampton, Gladstone, 1943; Rockhampton, 1945
Party and Political Activities
Independent (IND)
Parliamentary Representation
| Assembly | ALP | KEPPEL | 03 Aug 1957 | 28 May 1960 | |
| Assembly | IND | ROCKHAMPTON NORTH | 28 May 1960 | 27 May 1972 | Defeated |
Notes
1. A rift developed in the ALP when the Central Executive were given the power to endorse candidates at state elections. Mr Thackeray was one of three ALP members not endorsed by the ALP in the 1972 election. He stood as an Independent and was defeated.
Sources
1. Trundle, Peter, '3 LAB. MLAs lost endorsement. Bennett will stand as Independent', 30 Jan 1972
2. Waterson, DB and John Arnold, A Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament: 1930-1980, (Canberra: ANU Press, 1982)
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