Jones, Raymond, BEM (Ray)
Personal
Birth Date:
3 February 1926 (Cairns, Queensland)
Death Date:
22 April 2000 (Cairns, Queensland)
Parents:
David Jones and Dorothy Edith (nee Soilleux)
Family:
Fay Hazel Brown on 15 October 1949, two sons, one daughter
Education:
Parramatta Park State School, Cairns; St Augustines College, Cairns
Religion:
Roman Catholic
Career
Porter, Shunter and Guard with the Queensland Railway Department
Local Government Service:
Alderman, Cairns City Council, 1964 to 1965
Military Service:
Served in 51 Battalion Regiment Cadets, 1940 to 1941; Volunteer Defence Corps, 1942 to 1943; Air Training Corps, 1943 to 1944; Air Crew Trainee, Royal Australian Air Force, 1945
Party Positions:
- Member of the Labor Party Executive since 1973.
- Chairman, Queensland Central Executive Standing Committee on Transport and Road Safety.
Parliamentary Representation
House | Party | Electorate | From | To | Elected/Departure Reason |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Assembly | ALP | Cairns | 27 Feb 1965 | 22 Oct 1983 | Did not contest |
Parliamentary Service
Description | From | To |
---|---|---|
Executive member, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association | ||
Alternate Delegate, Australian Constitutional Convention in Perth | 1978 | |
Member, Select Committee of Privileges | Apr 1978 | |
Shadow Minister for Maritime Services and Tourism | Dec 1977 | |
Opposition Whip | 16 Dec 1977 | 14 Jan 1981 |
Labor Spokesman on Aboriginal Advancement | 1974 | 1977 |
Member, Parliamentary Printing Committee | 1974 | 1977 |
Member, Parliamentary Delegation to South-East Asia | 1974 | |
Shadow Minister for Transport and Road Safety | 1970 | 1977 |
Labor Spokesman on Northern Development | 1970 | |
Temporary Chairman of Committees | 1969 | 1970 |
Member, Parliamentary Building Committee | 1966 | 1968 |
Additional Information
Notes:
Interests include reading, music and spectator sports; Subbranch President and Secretary, ARU, 1953 to 1965; ARU State Councillor, 1954 to 1965; North Queensland Delegate for the ARU State Conference, 1954, 1957, 1960 and 1963; North Queensland Delegate, Queensland Trade Unions Congress, 1956, 1959 and 1962; Member, Cairns-Mulgrave Water Supply Board, 1964 to 1965
Sources:
Image sourced from the collection of the Queensland Parliamentary Library and Research Service; Courier-Mail, Monday, 23 October 1989
[Last Modified: Thursday, 27 July 2017]