Preceded by Watty Wallace Full Name Raymond Jones Political party ALP Party Australian Labor Party | Succeeded by Keith De Lacy Resting place Martyn Street Cemetery Occupation Queensland Railways | |
Born 3 February 1926
Cairns, Queensland, Australia ( 1926-02-03 ) Spouse(s) Fay Hazel Brown (m.1949 d.2008) Died 22 April 2000, Cairns, Australia | ||
Raymond "Ray" Jones (3 February 1926 - 22 April 2000) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
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Biography
Jones was born in Cairns, Queensland, the son of David Jones and his wife Dorothy Edith (née Soilleux). He was educated at Parramatta State School and St Augustines College, both in Cairns. He joined the 51st Battalion Regiment Cadets in 1940 serving with them for a year and in 1942 he was a member of the Volunteer Defence Corps for a year. From 1943 until 1945 he was an air crew trainee with the RAAF. After the war he worked for the Queensland Railways as a porter, shunter and guard.
On the 15th October 1949 Jones married Fay Hazel Brown (died 2008) and together had two sons and a daughter. He died in April 2000 and was buried in the Martyn Street Cemetery.
Public career
Jones started out in politics as an alderman on the Cairns City Council from 1964 to 1965. When the member for Cairns, Watty Wallace, died in 1964, Jones won the subsequent by-election held in February the next year. He went on to represent the electorate for over 18 years before retiring in 1983.
Although he was always in opposition during his state political career, Jones held several roles: