Preceded by New seat Nationality Australian Occupation Engine driver | Succeeded by Neville Hewitt Political party ALP Party Australian Labor Party | |
Full Name Patrick James Whyte Born 14 October 1894
Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia ( 1894-10-14 ) Spouse(s) Alice May Donnelly (m.1932 d.1965) Died 16 October 1977, Brisbane, Australia Resting place Nudgee Cemetery & Crematorium | ||
Patrick James "Paddy" Whyte (14 October 1894 – 16 October 1977) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
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Biography
Whyte was born in Mount Morgan, Queensland, the son of Andrew Patrick Whyte and his wife Mary (née O'Sullivan). He was educated at Mount Perry State School and Mount Morgan Convent School and by 1920 he was an engine driver, working out of Emerald. Later he was an employee at the Queensland Institute of Technology.
On the 14th May 1932 he married Alice May Donnelly (died 1965) and together had one daughter. Whyte died in Brisbane in 1977 and was buried in the Nudgee Cemetery.
Public career
Whyte entered state politics as the member for the new seat of Mackenzie at the 1950 Queensland state election He held it for six years before being defeated by the Country Party's Neville Hewitt in 1956. He was also a councilor on the Emerald Shire Council.