Preceded by New seat Spouse(s) Minnie Elizabeth Crow Party Australian Labor Party | Nationality Australian Role Australian Politician Name Felix Dittmer Resigned June 30, 1971 | |
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Alma mater University of QueenslandUniversity of Sydney Education | ||
Resting place Mt Gravatt Cemetery Political party Australian Labor Party | ||
Felix Cyril Sigismund Dittmer (27 June 1904 – 29 August 1977) was an Australian politician.
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Early life
Felix Cyril Sigismund Dittmer was born on 27 June 1904 in Dugandan, Queensland, the son of Gustav Dittmer and his wife Marie Farris (née Massie).
His primary schooling was at St Mary's Convent School in Bowen and Childers State School. He attended Childers State High School, where he achieved the highest results of any student being dux and winning prizes in all his subjects. He completed his secondary schooling at St Joseph's College, Nudgee in Brisbane. He was the first student from the Isis district to be awarded a university scholarship. Later he studied at the University of Queensland and the University of Sydney, becoming a doctor. He was an honorary surgeon in Brisbane.
Politics
In 1950, Dittmer was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland as the Labor member for Mount Gravatt; he briefly served as state deputy Labor leader in 1957. He lost his seat in the 1957 state election, but in 1958, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Labor Senator for Queensland. He remained in the Senate until his retirement in 1970, taking effect in 1971.
Later life
Dittmer died in 1977 and is buried in Mount Gravatt Cemetery.