Jack Mortimer | |
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Member of the Australian Parliament for Grey | |
In office 1 June 1963 – 26 November 1966 | |
Preceded by | Edgar Russell |
Succeeded by | Don Jessop |
Personal details | |
Born | (1912-10-30)30 October 1912 Magill, South Australia |
Died | 8 February 1973(1973-02-08) (aged 60) Port Hedland, Western Australia |
Political party | Australian Labor Party |
Spouse | Melva Winfield Bähr |
Children | 2 |
Occupation | Waterside worker |
Jack Mortimer (30 October 1912 – 8 February 1973) was an Australian politician. He received a primary education before becoming a farmer in South Australia. He served in the military from 1942 to 1946 and returned as a waterside worker in Port Lincoln where he was a branch secretary of the Waterside Workers' Federation. In 1963, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Labor member for Grey. He held the seat until his defeat in 1966, after which he became a businessman in Port Lincoln. Mortimer died by drowning at Port Hedland in 1973.
Personal life
Mortimer married Melva Bähr, of Ceduna, in 1939. They had a daughter and a son, and farmed at Karkoo.
References
- "Mortimer, Jack". WW2 Nominal Roll. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
- Australian Labor Party, Federal Personnel 1901–1975 (PDF). National Centre for Biography.
- Whitlam, Gough. "Deaths of Former Member – Mr T. P. Burke, Mr J. Mortimer, Hon. W. J. F Riordan and Hon. H. V. C. Thorby". Historic Hansard. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
- Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Archived from the original on 17 July 2007. Retrieved 2 August 2008.
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Preceded byEdgar Russell | Member for Grey 1963–1966 |
Succeeded byDon Jessop |
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