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David Cory (Australian politician)

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Preceded by
  
Otto Madsen

Political party
  
National Country Party

Spouse(s)
  
Ms Barnes (m.1967)

Succeeded by
  
Des Booth

Nationality
  
Australian

Other political affiliations
  
Country Party

Occupation
  
Farmer

Full Name
  
David Wheatcroft Cory

Born
  
3 August 1928 (age 88) Warwick, Queensland, Australia (
1928-08-03
)

Party
  
National Party of Australia

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

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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.

On 30 June 1967, Cory married Ms Barnes and together had one son.

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:

  • 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

    David Cory (Australian politician) Wikipedia
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