Rex Geoffrey "Tony" Williams (9 August 1928 – 19 May 2012) was an Australian politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1977 to 1989, representing the seat of Clontarf.
Tony Williams | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia | |
| In office 19 February 1977 – 4 February 1989 | |
| Preceded by | Don May |
| Succeeded by | None (abolished) |
| Constituency | Clontarf |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 August 1928 Mount Lawley, Western Australia |
| Died | 19 May 2012 (aged 83) Salter Point, Western Australia |
| Political party | Liberal |
Williams was born in Perth to Thelma (née Flanders) and William Bartle Williams. He attended Wesley College, and subsequently worked as a clerk. He eventually came to run his own business, and in October 1972 was also elected to the Swan Shire Council, where he would serve until May 1978.[1] A member of the Liberal Party since 1947, Williams entered parliament at the 1977 state election, winning the seat of Clontarf from the Labor Party. He was re-elected at three subsequent state elections (in 1980, 1983 and 1986),[2] and from 1983 to 1988 served as a Liberal Party whip in the Legislative Assembly. Williams left parliament at the 1989 election, which coincided with the abolition of his seat in a redistribution. He died in Perth in May 2012, aged 84.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Rex (Tony) Geoffrey Williams – Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
- ^ Black, David; Prescott, Valerie (1997). Election statistics : Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996. Perth, [W.A.]: Western Australian Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission. ISBN 0730984095.