Deacon, William Arthur
Personal
Birth Date:
4 February 1872 (Allora, Queensland)
Death Date:
25 December 1943 (Allora, Queensland)
Parents:
William Deacon and Ann Amelia (nee Bray)
Family:
Ada Florence Dougall on 7 June 1922, 1 son, 1 daughter
Education:
Allora State School
Religion:
Church of England
Career
Took over his father's farm, Allora, 1910; Farm worker
Parliamentary Representation
House | Party | Electorate | From | To | Elected/Departure Reason |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Assembly | CPNP | Cunningham | 9 Oct 1920 | 28 Mar 1941 | |
Assembly | IND | Cunningham | 29 Mar 1941 | 25 Dec 1943 | Died in Office |
Parliamentary Service
Description | From | To |
---|---|---|
Secretary for Public Lands | 21 May 1929 | 17 Jun 1932 |
Additional Information
Notes:
His interests included farming, breeding Clydesdales, growing grapes and coursing. Mr Deacon was educated by his father in Allora at the school that his father had opened. He was a founding member of the Country Party. President, Queensland Coursing Association
Sources:
Image from Lack, Clem, Three Decades of Queensland Political History, 1929-1960 (Brisbane: Government Printer, 1962); French, M. and Waterson, D., The Darling Downs. A pictorial history 1950-1950 (Toowoomba, Qld: Darling Downs Institute Press, 1982); Copy of obituary notice which appeared in the Warwick Daily News, Dec 27 1943
[Last Modified: Tuesday, 27 June 2017]