David Cory (Australian politician)

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David Cory
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Warwick
In office
19 October 1963 – 12 November 1977
Preceded by Otto Madsen
Succeeded by Des Booth
Personal details
Born David Wheatcroft Cory
(1928-08-03) 3 August 1928 (age 95)
Warwick, Queensland, Australia
Nationality Australian
Political party National Country Party
Other political
affiliations
Country Party
Spouse(s) Ms Barnes (m.1967)
Occupation Farmer
Religion Anglican

David Wheatcroft Cory (born 3 August 1928) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]

Biography

Cory was born in Warwick, Queensland, the son of Fitzroy Cory and his wife Margaret (née Wheatcroft. He was educated at Warwick Central and Intermediate State Schools before attending the Brisbane Grammar School. He became a farmer, working in Swanfels and Warwick.[1]

On the 30th June 1967, Cory married Ms Barnes and together had one son.[1]

Public life

Following the death of Otto Madsen in 1963, Cory won the resulting by-election for the Country Party. He held the seat until the 1977 Queensland state elections when he retired from politics.

Although never a minister during his time in parliament, he held the following roles:[1]

  • Member of the Parliamentary Refreshment Room Committee - 1967-1977
  • Member of the Government Party Committees on Justice, Primary Industries, Transport, and Lands and Forestry - 1969-1972
  • Queensland Delegate to the General Conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association in Canberra - 1970
  • Queensland Delegate to the General Conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association in Kuala Lumpur - 1971
  • Member of the Government Party Committees on Development and Industrial Affairs, Primary Industries, and Transport - 1972-1974
  • Delegate to the Australian Constitutional Convention - 1972 and 1973
  • Member of the Queensland Parliamentary Delegation to Japan and South-East Asia - 1973
  • Member of the Queensland Trade Delegation to the Middle East - 1975

He was also Chairman of the Warwick Branch of the Graziers Association of South-East Queensland from 1961 to 1965.

References

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Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by Member for Warwick
1963–1977
Succeeded by
Des Booth


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