Walter Ingram
Walter Ingram | |
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| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Keppel | |
| In office 15 March 1944 – 24 July 1952 | |
| Preceded by | David Daniel |
| Succeeded by | Viv Cooper |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Walter Charles Ingram 23 January 1891 |
| Died | 24 July 1952 (aged 61) |
| Resting place | North Rockhampton Cemetery |
| Party | Labor |
| Spouse | Flora McGregor (m.1913 d.1966) |
| Occupation | Labourer |
Walter Charles Ingram (23 January 1891 – 24 July 1952) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]
Biography
[edit | edit source]Ingram was born at Blackall, Queensland, the son of George William Ingram and Catherine Kelly Ingram. He was educated at Glenmore State School and by 1908 was employed as a road worker and shearer in Yeppoon. In 1910 he was employed as a railway construction worker based at Mount Chalmers and Many Peaks. From 1920 to 1923 he was a wharf labourer in Gladstone, then moved to Mount Morgan to work the mines until 1925. From 1925 until 1928 he was a farmer in Stanwell.[1]
On 16 April 1913 Ingram married Flora McGregor.[1] (died 1966)[2] They had four sons and two daughters.[1]
Ingram died at the Rockhampton General Hospital on 24 July 1952[3] and his funeral proceeded from St Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Rockhampton to the North Rockhampton Cemetery.[4][5]
Public career
[edit | edit source]Ingram, a member of the Labor Party, won the seat of Keppel at the 1944 Queensland state election.[6] He held the seat until his death in 1952.[1] For three years he was the Deputy Chairman of the Mount Morgan Shire Council.
References
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