Wilfrid Simmonds
Wilfrid Simmonds MBE | |
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Senator for Queensland | |
In office 22 February 1950 – 19 March 1951 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Cairns, Queensland, Australia | 19 December 1889
Died | 2 January 1967 Babinda, Queensland, Australia | (aged 77)
Nationality | Australian |
Political party | Country |
Occupation | Sugar grower |
Wilfrid Mylchreest Simmonds, MBE (19 December 1889 – 2 January 1967) was an Australian politician. Born in Cairns, Queensland, he was educated at Mulgrave before becoming a sugar cane grower. After serving in the military 1917–1919, he sat on Mulgrave Shire Council.[1] At the 1949 federal election, he was elected to the Senate as a Country Party candidate. His term began on 22 February 1950 and ended with a double dissolution on 19 March 1951; he was not re-endorsed at the 1951 election. Simmonds was appointed MBE in 1961 and died in Babinda in 1967.[2]
References[]
- ^ Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 16 November 2008.
- ^ Drinkwater, Derek (2004). "SIMMONDS, WILFRID MYLCHREEST (1889–1967)". The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate. Melbourne University Press.
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