Chinchen, Geoffrey Talbot, MBE
Personal
Birth Date:
31 July 1915 ('Myaringa', Elsternwick, Victoria)
Death Date:
17 July 2005 (Greenslopes, Queensland)
Parents:
Cecil Talbot Chinchen and Clementine Wilson (nee Turnbull)
Family:
Heather Woolley on 23 December 1946, 1 son, 2 daughters
Education:
Melbourne and Geelong Technical Colleges
Religion:
Church of England
Career
Queensland Manager, Ford Motor Company; Fruit Farmer, Rochedale
Military Service:
Fighter pilot, Royal Australian Air Force, 1940 to 1946
Party Positions:
- Chairman, Rochedale Branch of the Liberal Party.
- Member, Government Party Committees: Education and Cultural Activities; Transport. 1969 - 1972
- Member, Government Party Committees: Justice; Education and Cultural Activities; Local Government and Electricity. 1972 - 1974
- Member, Government Committee Inquiring into Consumer Affairs. 1969
Parliamentary Representation
House | Party | Electorate | From | To | Elected/Departure Reason |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Assembly | LIB | Mount Gravatt | 1 Jun 1963 | 12 Nov 1977 | Did not contest |
Parliamentary Service
Description | From | To |
---|---|---|
Liberal Party Whip | ||
Delegate, General Conference, Commonweath Parliamentary Association, Mauritius | 1976 | |
Delegate, Australasian Regional Conference, Commonweath Parliamentary Association | 1975 | |
Member, Select Committee on Subordinate Legislation | 1975 | 1976 |
Member, Parliamentary delegation, Japan and South-East Asia | 1972 | |
Member, Parliamentary Library Committee | 1965 | 1974 |
Member, Parliamentary Refreshment Room Committee | 1963 | 1964 |
Additional Information
Notes:
Active member of Brisbane Legacy. Mr Chinchen was the surprise selection for the safe Liberal seat of Mount Gravatt after the previous Liberal . Mr Chinchen was part of the Ginger Group (an outspoken small body of State Liberal MPs who were a thorn in the side of the Coalition Government) of the Liberal Party
Sources:
Image sourced from the collection of the Queensland Parliamentary Library and Research Service.; Waterson, DB, Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament: 1860-1929, 2nd revised edition (Sydney: Casket Publications, 2001); Queensland Parliamentary Debates, Motion of Condolence, 10 Aug 2005, pp.2235-2239.; Courier-Mail, 'War hero MP part of Ginger Group', 27 July 2005
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