Charles English

Charles English
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Mulgrave
In office
7 March 1953  3 August 1957
Preceded by Robert Watson
Succeeded by Robert Watson
Personal details
Born Charles Bernard English
30 January 1902
Goonengerry, New South Wales, Australia
Died 5 August 1974 (aged 72)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Resting place Pinnaroo Lawn Cemetery
Nationality Australian
Political party Queensland Labor Party
Other political
affiliations
Australian Labor Party
Spouse(s) Mona Annie Evelyn McConnell (m.1926)
Occupation Timber mill owner, Farmer
Religion Roman Catholic

Charles Bernard English (1902—1974) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Early life

Charles English was born 30 Jan 1902 as Goonengerry near Lismore, New South Wales, the son of James English and his wife Catherine Jane (née Buckley). The family moved to the Atherton Tableland in 1904, and he was educated at Malanda, Queensland and at Mount Carmel College, Charters Towers, Queensland. He married Mona Annie Evelyn McConnell on 2 June 1926; the couple had 4 daughters. He was a sawmill owner and tobacco farmer.[1][2]

Politics

Charles English contested the seat of Mulgrave in the 1953 Queensland state election as the Australian Labor Party candidate, winning the election on 7 March 1953 and entering the Queensland Legislative Assembly. He held the seat in the 1956 Queensland state election. On 26 April 1957, he followed Queensland Premier Vince Gair when he broke away from the ALP and formed the Queensland Labor Party (QLP). However, he was defeated on 3 August 1957 (the 1957 Queensland state election) by Robert Watson, the Australian Country Party candidate.[3]

English contested Mulgrave again in the 1960 and 1963 state elections but was not successful.

Later life

English died on 5 August 1974 in Brisbane.[1] He was buried in Pinnaroo Cemetery on 7 August 1974.[4]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 English, Mr Charles Bernard; Government of Queensland. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  2. "NEW COMERS TO HOUSE.". The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954) (Brisbane, Qld.: National Library of Australia). 9 March 1953. p. 5. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  3. "Alphabetical Register of Members of the Legislative Assembly 1860-2012 and the Legislative Council 1860-1922" (PDF). Queensland Parliament. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  4. "English, Charles Bernard". Grave Location Search. Brisbane City Council. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by
Robert Watson
Member for Mulgrave
19531957
Succeeded by
Robert Watson