Low, David Alan
Personal
Birth Date:
5 February 1911 (Yandina, Queensland)
Death Date:
22 October 1974 (Brisbane, Queensland)
Parents:
John Anthony Low and Louisa Ann (nee Bury)
Family:
Claudia Helen Ritchie on 8 April 1939, 1 daughter
Education:
Nambour State School; Yandina Rural and Nambour High schools
Religion:
Presbyterian
Career
Farmer; Railway clerk at Nambour, Yandina, Kingaroy and Maryborough
Local Government Service:
Chairman, Maroochy Shire Council, 1952 to 1967
Party Positions:
- Secretary, Cooroora Branch of the National Party.
- Member, Cooroora Electorate Council.
- Secretary, Parliamentary Country Party. Aug 1950
Parliamentary Representation
House | Party | Electorate | From | To | Elected/Departure Reason |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Assembly | CN | Cooroora | 3 May 1947 | 16 Oct 1974 |
Additional Information
Notes:
Interests included fishing, surfing and bowling; Freemason and belonged to the Maroochy Masonic Lodge; Member, Nambour Bowls Club
Sources:
Image courtesy of National Library of Australia, Image no: M868454; Courier-Mail, 'Low resigns - no by-election', 17 October 1974; Lack, Clem, Three Decades of Queensland Political History 1929-1960 (Brisbane: Government Printer, 1962); Legge, JS, Who's Who in Australia XXth Edition, (Melbourne: The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd, 1971), p. 601
[Last Modified: Wednesday, 09 August 2017]