Wood, Peter, OAM

Personal

Wood, Peter, OAM
Birth Date: 4 November 1935 (Toowoomba, Queensland)
Death Date: 24 January 2010 (Toowoomba, Queensland)
Parents: Leslie Arnold Wood and Alice Annie Margaret (nee Reyment)
Family: Robin Hadorn on 13 December 1965, 1 son, 1 daughter
Education: Toowoomba state primary and secondary schools; Queensland Teachers College
Religion: Church of England

Career

Schoolteacher

Local Government Service: Councillor, Toowoomba City Council, 1982 to 1992; Deputy Mayor, Toowoomba City Council, 1992 to 2004
Party Positions:
  1. Chairman, ALP Education Committee.
  2. Former President, East Toowoomba Branch, ALP.

Parliamentary Representation

House Party Electorate From To Elected/Departure Reason
Assembly ALP Toowoomba East 28 May 1966 27 May 1972
Assembly ALP Toowoomba South 27 May 1972 7 Dec 1974

Parliamentary Service

Description From To
Opposition education spokesman

Additional Information

Notes: Interests include rugby league, cricket, tennis, golf and community service. Executive Member, Urban Local Government Association of Queensland, 1995 to 2004. Member: Community Jobs Priority Committee; Regional Communities Forum; Queensland Public Records Review Committee; Empire Theatre Advisory Committee, Toowoomba; and the Queensland Urban Water Advisory Committee. Commissioner, Queensland Local Government Grants Commission, 1 Nov 2005 to 31 Oct 2007. President: Toowoomba and Golden West Regional Tourist Association, 1987 to 1990; Regional Galleries Association of Queensland, 1991 to 1998. He was involved in establishing the Toowoomba Regional Gallery, 1994 and the Lionel Lindsay Gallery and Library Society, 1991. He established the Peter Wood Acquisitive Award for Young Artists, Toowoomba Junior Art Expo, 1994
Sources: Image sourced from the collection of the Queensland Parliamentary Library and Research Service; Waterson, DB and John Arnold, A Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament: 1930-1980, (Canberra: ANU Press, 1982)
[Last Modified: Tuesday, 11 July 2017]