William Daniel Lickiss QGM (31 July 1924 – 22 February 1993) was an Australian politician.
Bill Lickiss | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Leader of the Queensland Liberal Party | |
| In office 3 November 1983 – November 1986 | |
| Leader | William Knox |
| Preceded by | Angus Innes |
| Succeeded by | Angus Innes |
| Attorney-General of Queensland and Minister for Justice | |
| In office 13 August 1976 – 23 December 1980 | |
| Premier | Joh Bjelke-Petersen |
| Preceded by | William Knox |
| Succeeded by | Sam Doumany |
| Minister for Survey, Valuation, Urban and Regional Affairs | |
| In office 10 March 1975 – 13 August 1976 | |
| Premier | Joh Bjelke-Petersen |
| Preceded by | Position Created |
| Succeeded by | John Greenwood |
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Moggill | |
| In office 1 November 1986 – 2 December 1989 | |
| Preceded by | New seat |
| Succeeded by | David Watson |
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Mount Coot-tha | |
| In office 1 June 1963 – 1 November 1986 | |
| Preceded by | Kenneth Morris |
| Succeeded by | Lyle Schuntner |
| Personal details | |
| Born | William Daniel Lickiss 31 July 1924 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 22 February 1993 (aged 68) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Political party | Liberal Party |
| Spouse | Elma Gwen Campbell (m.1948) |
| Alma mater | University of Queensland |
| Occupation | Valuer, Sugarcane farmer, Pineapple farmer, Survey draftsman |
Early life
editHe was born in Sydney to William George Lickiss and Lillian Rita, née Green. He attended Clempton Park Public School and Canterbury Boys High School before the family moved to Brisbane. He studied at the University of Queensland and became a draftsman with the Queensland Survey Office and then the Department of Territories in Darwin. During World War II he served in the Royal Australian Air Force as a navigator and intelligence officer. Returning to Queensland, he farmed sugarcane and pineapples and joined the Liberal Party.
Political career
editIn 1963 he was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly as the member for Mount Coot-tha.
On 10 March 1975, he was appointed to the Cabinet as Minister for Survey, Valuation, Urban and Regional Affairs, with a further promotion to Attorney-General and Minister for Justice on 13 August 1976. He lost his Cabinet position in 1980 but became Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party in 1983, serving until 1986. In that year, after a redistribution split the seat of Mount Coot-tha, he became the first member for Moggill. He retired from politics in 1989.
Personal life
editOn 3 October 1975, he was awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal for his efforts to rescue a soldier during the flooding in Brisbane the previous year.
As at 1977, he was a Fellow of the Commonwealth Institute of Valuers, Australian Institute of Cartographers and the Royal Australian Planning Institute.[1]
Lickiss died in Brisbane in 1993.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Proclamation". Queensland Government Gazette. 16 December 1977. p. 256:1533–1535.. He is listed in the Ministry as "The Honourable William Daniel Lickiss, Q.G.M., F.C.I.V., F.A.I.C., Hon. F.R.A.P.I."
- ^ "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
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