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 | Magill, South Australia | 30 October 1912
Died | 8 February 1973 Port Hedland, Western Australia | (aged 60)
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 [1] and returned as a waterside worker in Port Lincoln where he was a branch secretary of the Waterside Workers' Federation. [2] 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. [3] [4]
Mortimer married Melva Bähr, of Ceduna, in 1939. They had a daughter and a son, and farmed at Karkoo.
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 | Magill, South Australia | 30 October 1912
Died | 8 February 1973 Port Hedland, Western Australia | (aged 60)
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 [1] and returned as a waterside worker in Port Lincoln where he was a branch secretary of the Waterside Workers' Federation. [2] 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. [3] [4]
Mortimer married Melva Bähr, of Ceduna, in 1939. They had a daughter and a son, and farmed at Karkoo.