Blake, James Robert Henry (Jim)
Personal
Birth Date:
6 October 1921 (Childers, Queensland)
Death Date:
9 April 2010 (Bundaberg, Queensland)
Parents:
Harold Joseph Blake and Eva Lillian (nee Pitt)
Family:
Edna Mavis Berg on 21 April 1951, 4 daughters
Education:
Doolbi Primary School; Childers Junior High School; Brisbane Technical College
Religion:
Roman Catholic
Career
Sugarcane grower and trawlerman, since 1946
Military Service:
Served in 2nd Australian Imperial Forces (AIF) as a gunner 2/8 Field Regiment, 9 Div., 1941 to 1945
Party Positions:
- Chairman, Policy Standing Committee on Primary Industries.
- Chairman, QCE Standing Committee on Lands, Forestry and Water Resources.
- Chairman, QCE Standing Committee on Primary Industries.
- President and Secretary, Childers Branch, Australian Labor Party.
- Vice-President, Wide Bay Federal Divisional Executive.
- Vice-President, Isis Electorate Executive Council.
- Delegate, State Labor-in-Politics Convention. 1968 - 1978
- Member, State Council, since 1981.
Parliamentary Representation
| House | Party | Electorate | From | To | Elected/Departure Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | ALP | Isis | 16 Nov 1968 | 7 Dec 1974 | By-election |
| Assembly | ALP | Bundaberg | 12 Nov 1977 | 22 Oct 1983 | Did not contest |
Parliamentary Service
| Description | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Opposition Spokesman for Primary Industries and Fisheries | Jul 1982 | Oct 1982 |
| Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Asia | 1980 | |
| Opposition Spokesman for Primary Industries | 1978 | 1982 |
| Opposition Spokesman for Lands, Forestry and Water Resources | Dec 1977 | Dec 1978 |
| Opposition Spokesman for Primary Industries | 1970 | 1974 |
| Member, Parliamentary Printing Committee | 1969 | 1974 |
Additional Information
Notes:
Interests include community problems, music and sport, boating, fishing and skin-diving. Member: Isis RSL Club; Isis District Canegrowers Executive, 1967-1973; Vice-patron, TPI Association (Bundaberg branch)
Sources:
Image sourced from the collection of the Queensland Parliamentary Library and Research Service; Waterson, DB, Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament: 1981-1992, (Sydney: Casket Publications, 1993); Bundaberg News-Mail, 'Blake back again', 1 December 1980, p.3; Bundaberg News-Mail, 'Former MP is mourned', 14 April 2010, p.10
[Last Modified: Tuesday, 20 June 2017]