Ellis Lawrie
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Ellis Lawrie | |
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Senator for Queensland | |
In office 1 July 1965 – 11 November 1975 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Lorn, New South Wales, Australia | 19 June 1907
Died | 13 December 1978 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia | (aged 71)
Political party | Australian Country Party |
Occupation | Grazier |
Alexander Greig Ellis Lawrie (19 June 1907 – 13 December 1978) was an Australian politician. Born in Maitland, New South Wales, he was educated at The Scots College in Sydney before moving to Evergreen in Queensland to become a grazier. He was an official of the Queensland Graziers' Association and served as Queensland State President of the Country Party 1960–1964. In 1963, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Country Party Senator for Queensland. He remained a Senator until his retirement in 1975. Lawrie died in 1978.[1]
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- ^ Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Archived from the original on 17 July 2007. Retrieved 2008-11-16.
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