Knox, William Edward, OSJ, KSJI
Personal
Birth Date:
14 December 1927 (Kew, Victoria)
Death Date:
22 September 2001 ()
Parents:
Edward Knox and Bessie Alice (nee Thomas)
Family:
Doris Ross on 22 December 1956, 2 sons, 2 daughters
Education:
Melbourne High School; FCIS and FAIM
Religion:
Presbyterian
Career
Company secretary and manager
Party Positions:
- State President, Queensland Young Liberals. 1953 - 1956
- Vice-President, Queensland Liberal Party. 1956 - 1957
- Member, Executive. 1953 - 1958
- Member, Executive. 1962 - 1965
Parliamentary Representation
House | Party | Electorate | From | To | Elected/Departure Reason |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Assembly | LIB | Nundah | 3 Aug 1957 | 2 Dec 1989 |
Parliamentary Service
Description | From | To |
---|---|---|
Leader of the Liberal Party | 3 Nov 1983 | 31 Jan 1988 |
Leader, Parliamentary Delegation to Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands | 1982 | |
Minister for Employment and Labour Relations | 23 Dec 1980 | 18 Aug 1983 |
Minister for Health | 15 Dec 1978 | 23 Dec 1980 |
Treasurer | 9 Oct 1978 | 15 Dec 1978 |
Deputy Premier and Treasurer | 13 Aug 1976 | 9 Oct 1978 |
Leader of the Liberal Party | 13 Aug 1976 | 6 Oct 1978 |
Delegate, Australian Constitutional Convention | 1975 | |
Minister for Justice and Attorney-General | 20 Jun 1972 | 13 Aug 1976 |
Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party | 1971 | 1976 |
Minister for Justice and Attorney-General and Minister for Transport | 20 Dec 1971 | 20 Jun 1972 |
Minister for Transport | 23 Dec 1965 | 20 Dec 1971 |
Delegate, General Conference Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Jamaica | 1964 |
Additional Information
Notes:
Interests include debating, reading, golf and bowls. Sir Knox was one of the founders of the Liberal Party in Queensland and together with Sir James Killen established the Young Liberal movement in this state in 1949; Chairman, Queensland Road Safety Council, 1965 to 1972; Member: Australian Transport Advisory Council, 1965 to 1972; and National Executive, Australian Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1961 to 1962; Senator, Junior Chamber International, since 1962; State President, Father & Son Movement, 1965; Deputy Chairman, Queensland Division, Australian Outward Bound, since 1967; Patron: Northern Suburbs Rugby League Football Club, Nundah Bowling Club, Nundah Kindergarten Association and Toombul District Cricket Club; Past President: Toombul Cricket Club, Wongargo District Boy Scouts Association and Association of Independent Schools; Chairman, State Council of St John Ambulance from 1983 to 1995;
Sources:
Image sourced from the collection of the Queensland Parliamentary Library and Research Service; Hansard, pp. 2781-2788, 16 October 2001; Sunday Mail, `Sir William Knox, 73, dies', 23 September 2001; Courier-Mail, `Liberal Party mourns Knox legacy of unity', 24 September 2001
[Last Modified: Monday, 18 September 2017]