Preceded by Arthur Fadden Preceded by New seat Nationality Australian Party Australian Labor Party | Succeeded by Seat abolished Succeeded by John Row Political party ALP Resting place Toowong Cemetery | |
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Full Name Cecil George Jesson Born 7 July 1899
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ( 1899-07-07 ) Died 25 December 1961, Indooroopilly, Australia | ||
Cecil George "Nugget" Jesson (7 July 1899 – 25 December 1961) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
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Biography
Jesson was born in Sydney, New South Wales, the son of George Jesson and his wife Lillian Maude (née Jones). He married Dorothy J Harris in 1922 and they had one son. He then married Wilhelmina Mary Graham in 1928 and they had one son and four daughters.
He died in Brisbane on Christmas Day and was buried in the Toowong Cemetery.
Public career
Jesson held the seat of Kennedy for the ALP in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1935 until 1950. He then held the new seat of Hinchinbrook from 1950 to 1960.
He was the government from 1950 until 1957 and opposition whip from 1957 to 1960.
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