Hartwig, Lindsay Earle
Personal
Birth Date:
29 December 1919 (Eidsvold, Queensland)
Death Date:
2 April 1996 (Darling Downs, Queensland)
Parents:
John Frederick Hartwig and Mabel Mary (nee Horn)
Family:
Estelle Mary Carmody on 3 September 1946, 2 sons, 2 daughters
Education:
Eidsvold Primary School
Religion:
Church of England
Career
Grazier, 'The Glen', at Gorvigen near Monto; Telegraph boy; Justice of the Peace
Local Government Service:
Chairman, Monto Shire Council, 1964 to 1970; Councillor, Monto Shire Council, 1961 to 1964
Parliamentary Representation
House | Party | Electorate | From | To | Elected/Departure Reason |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Assembly | CN | Callide | 27 May 1972 | 27 Mar 1981 | |
Assembly | IND | Callide | 27 Mar 1981 | 1 Nov 1986 | Did not contest |
Parliamentary Service
Description | From | To |
---|---|---|
Delegate to Australian Regional Conference, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association | 1977 | |
Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Papua New Guinea and South-East Asia | 1974 |
Additional Information
Notes:
One of his many achievements as local member was the October 1977 opening of the Yeppoon Hospital. He suggested celebrating Queensland Day on 6 Jun, the day on which Queen Victoria began the formal process of creating Queensland; Chairman, Capricornia Regional Electricity Board, Rockhampton, 1967 to 1970; Member, Capricornia Regional Electricity Board, Rockhampton, 1964 to 1967; and Yeppoon Lions Club; President, Monto and District Show Society; Patron: Monto High School P&C Association, pony clubs, rifle club, tennis club, bowling club, lapidary club, Capricornia Coast Society of Arts and the Keppel Sands Fitness and Boxing Club; President, Burnett and District Local Government Association; Vice-Patron: TPI Rockhampton; and Subnormal Association Rockhampton. As a grazier, Hartwig pioneered the first aerial sowing of pasture seed in Queensland in 1949 and bulldozer scrub clearance
Sources:
Image sourced from the collection of the Queensland Parliamentary Library and Research Service
[Last Modified: Tuesday, 25 July 2017]