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Preceded by
  
New seat

Name
  
Gerry Jones

Nationality
  
Australian

Succeeded by
  
Brian Lindsay


Full Name
  
Norman Francis Jones

Born
  
16 August 1932 (age 91) Roma, Queensland (
1932-08-16
)

Spouse(s)
  
Rita June Freda Turner (m.1956)

Occupation
  
Building contractor, Research officer

Political party
  
Australian Labor Party

Norman Francis (Gerry) Jones (16 August 1932 - 21 April 2017) was an Australian politician. Born at Roma, Queensland, he was a research assistant before becoming state organiser of the Queensland Labor Party 1967-1972. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland as the member for Everton at the 1972 state election, but was defeated in the landslide Labor loss of 1974. He was a Labor Party Executive Officer 1976-1977 and State Secretary 1977-1980. In 1980, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Labor Senator for Queensland. He remained in the Senate until his retirement in 1996.

He died on 21 April 2017.

References

Gerry Jones Wikipedia