Bromley, Fred Phillip, OAM
Personal
Birth Date:
24 July 1917 (Nottingham, England)
Death Date:
14 May 1988 (Brisbane, Queensland)
Parents:
Thomas Llewelyn Bromley and Amanda (nee Hopkins)
Family:
Beryl Lillian Williams on 17 December 1941, 1 daughter
Education:
Toowong State School; Brisbane Technical College
Religion:
Church of England
Career
Dental technician; Justice of the Peace; Executive Member and Trustee, Federated Miscellaneous Workers Union; State Councillor and Federal Councillor, Federated Miscellaneous Workers Union; Delegate, Trades and Labor Council; Trade Union Congress; and QCE; Court advocate for the Union
Military Service:
Served 2nd AIF, CPL 2/1st Australian Dental Unit, Artillery
Party Positions:
- Secretary, Buranda Branch, 1956 to 1965, and 1967 to 1974.
- President, Buranda Branch, 1965 and 1966.
- Local Campaign Director, Federal, State and Municipal elections.
- Secretary, Norman EEC. 1959 - 1970
- Delegate, Bowden FDE.
- Delegate (Proxy), Griffith FDE.
- Delegate, Wolloongabba Ward, MEC.
- Foundation Member and Trustee, Labor Fishing Club.
- President, South Brisbane EEC. 1972 - 1974
- Delegate, Union to Labor-in-Politics Convention (nine times).
- Member, Queensland Central Executive Committees: Industrial; Tourism; Welfare; Health; Housing; Education; Cultural Activities; and Redistribution.
Parliamentary Representation
House | Party | Electorate | From | To | Elected/Departure Reason |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Assembly | ALP | Norman | 28 May 1960 | 27 May 1972 | |
Assembly | ALP | South Brisbane | 27 May 1972 | 7 Dec 1974 |
Additional Information
Notes:
Returned Soldier Member, Returned and Services League. Vice-President: Brisbane Junior Soccer Association; Coorparoo Australian Rules Club; East Brisbane Junior Rugby League; Langlands Park Swimming Club; Eastern Suburbs Hockey Club; Thompson Estate Easts Amateur Athletic Association; and Eastern Suburbs Cricket Club. Foundation Member, Subnormal Children's Association. Patron: South Brisbane Returned and Services League; Australian Boy Scouts Association (Eastern Hills District); Queensland Table Tennis Association; Eastern Suburbs and District Junior Rugby League Club; Germania-Southside Soccer Club; and Aston-Villa Socer. Vice-Patron, TPI Returned and Services League. Member: Queensland Justices Association; all state school P&C associations in his electorate; Contemporary Arts Society; National Trust of Queensland; Wildlife Preservation Association; Fraser Island Defence Organisation; SPELD; Metropolitan Trotting club (Rocklea); Toowong Harriers Club; and Group Apprenticeship Committee. Life Member: Dental Technicians Association; Queensland Advisory Board; and Toowoong Salvation Army. Ex-delegate, Queensland Ambulance Transport Brigade (executive representing Bowen). Trustee and Executive Officer, Woolloongabba Senior Citizens Association. Foundation Member and Vice-President, Equal Opportunity for Women Association. Executive Member, Lady Nell Seeing Eye Dog School and other associations for the visually handicapped. President, Coorparoo State High School P&C Association
Sources:
Image courtesy of John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, Neg:193245; Waterson, DB and John Arnold, Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament: 1930-1980, (Canberra: ANU Press, 1982); Legge, JS, Who's who in Australia, XXth Edition, 1971 (Melbourne, Vic: The Herald and Weekly Times Limited)
[Last Modified: Tuesday, 27 June 2017]