Preceded by David Gledson Preceded by New seat Full Name Ivor Marsden Political party ALP Party Australian Labor Party | Succeeded by Seat abolished Succeeded by Vi Jordan Nationality Australian Died 18 November 1976, Ipswich | |
Born 11 March 1903
Ipswich, Queensland, Australia ( 1903-03-11 ) | ||
Ivor Marsden (11 March 1903 – 18 November 1976) was a police officer and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
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Biography
Marsden was born in Ipswich, Queensland, to parents Llewellyn Marsden and his wife Hannah (née Bowen). He attended primary schools in Ipswich before coming a law clerk in the 1920s. He served in the Australian Army from 1942-1945 before coming a police sergeant based at the Ipswich Police Station.
On the 28th June 1924, he married Doris Emily Jackson (died 1980) and they had two sons and four daughters. He died in Ipswich in November 1976.
Public career
Marsden, the ALP candidate, won the by-election to replace the long serving member for Ipswich, David Gledson in 1949. He held the seat until it was abolished for the 1960 Queensland state election. He then won the new seat of Ipswich West, holding it until he retired from politics in 1966.
He was an alderman in the Ipswich City Council for six years from 1943, including the City's Vice-Mayor in 1949.