Walter Ingram

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Walter Ingram
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Keppel
In office
15 March 1944 – 24 July 1952
Preceded byDavid Daniel
Succeeded byViv Cooper
Personal details
Born
Walter Charles Ingram

(1891-01-23)23 January 1891
Blackall, Queensland, Australia
Died24 July 1952(1952-07-24) (aged 61)
Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Resting placeNorth Rockhampton Cemetery
Political partyLabor
Spouse(s)Flora McGregor (m.1913 d.1966)
OccupationLabourer

Walter Charles Ingram (23 January 1891 – 24 July 1952) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]

Biography[]

Ingram was born at Blackall, Queensland, the son of George William Ingram and Catherine Kelly Ingram. He was educated at Glenmore State School and by 1908 was employed as a road worker and shearer in Yeppoon. In 1910 he was employed as a railway construction worker based at Mount Chalmers and Many Peaks. From 1920 to 1923 he was a wharf labourer in Gladstone, then moved to Mount Morgan to work the mines until 1925. From 1925 until 1928 he was a farmer in Stanwell.[1]

On 16 April 1913 Ingram married Flora McGregor.[1] (died 1966)[2] They had four sons and two daughters.[1]

Ingram died at the Rockhampton General Hospital on 24 July 1952[3] and his funeral proceeded from St Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Rockhampton to the .[4][5]

Public career[]

Ingram, a member of the Labor Party, won the seat of Keppel at the 1944 Queensland state election.[6] He held the seat until his death in 1952.[1] For three years he was the Deputy Chairman of the Mount Morgan Shire Council.

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  2. ^ Family history research — Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  3. ^ "DEATH OF MR W. C. INGRAM". Morning Bulletin (29, 046). Queensland, Australia. 25 July 1952. p. 6. Retrieved 19 May 2016 – via National Library of Australi.
  4. ^ "Family Notices". Morning Bulletin (29, 046). Queensland, Australia. 25 July 1952. p. 6. Retrieved 19 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ Deceased search — Rockhampton Regional Council. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  6. ^ "How State Voted For New Parliament". The Courier-mail (3258). Queensland, Australia. 5 May 1947. p. 6. Retrieved 19 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
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