Carlisle Wordsworth
{{Short description|Australian politician}}
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{{Infobox MP
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| name = Carlisle Wordsworth
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| constituency_AM1 = Cook
| assembly1 = Queensland Legislative
| term_start1 = 29 April 1950
| term_end1 = 7 March 1953
| predecessor1 = Harold Collins
| successor1 = Bunny Adair
| constituency_AM2 = Mulgrave
| assembly2 = Queensland Legislative
| term_start2 = 6 June 1959
| term_end2 = 7 May 1960
| predecessor2 = Bob Watson
| successor2 = Roy Armstrong
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1908|10|21|df=y}}
| birth_place = Mount Molloy, Queensland, Australia
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1960|5|7|1902|1|30|df=y}}
| death_place = Gordonvale, Queensland, Australia
| restingplace = Gordonvale Cemetery
| birthname = Carlisle Favell Wordsworth
| spouse = Ailsa Mary Williams (m.1934 d.1987)
| party = Country Party
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| occupation = Industrial Advocate
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Carlisle Favell Wordsworth (21 October 1908 – 7 May 1960) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.{{cite web|title=Former Members|publisher=Parliament of Queensland|year=2015| url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=2591181328|accessdate=2 June 2016}}
Biography
Wordsworth was born in Mount Molloy, Queensland, the son of Arthur John Wordsworth and his wife Lillian Justitia (née Carlisle). He was educated at Gordonvale State School and did night classes at Cairns High School before starting his working career as a locomotive fireman and engine driver at the Mulgrave Central Mill from 1923 until 1925. He then worked at the Mulgrave Cooperative Sugar Mill from 1929 until 1940 at which time he joined the Second Australian Imperial Force, working as a liaison officer with the United States army. He was discharged in 1946 with the rank of major and after working for the International Boring Company as a traveler he was an industrial advocate for the Queensland Cane Growers Association and District Secretary of the Cairns Cane Growers Association.
On 8 September 1934 Wordsworth married Ailsa Mary Williams (d. 1987)[http://www.cairns.qld.gov.au/facilities-sport-leisure/cemeteries/search Cemetery Search] — Cairns Regional Council. Retrieved 2 June 2016. and together had two sons. He died in May 1960 and was buried in the Gordonvale Cemetery.
Public career
Wordsworth, a member of the Country Party, won the seat of Cook at the 1950 Queensland state election.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50544674 |title=BRISBANE |newspaper=The Courier-mail |issue=5078 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=9 March 1953 |accessdate=2 June 2016 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}} He held it until the 1953 election when he was defeated by the Labor candidate, Bunny Adair.
He did not stand at the following election in 1956, but in 1957 he once again stood for the seat of Cook and was once again beaten by Bunny Adair.{{cite book|last=Hughes|first=Colin A.|authorlink=Colin Hughes|author2=Graham, B. D.|title=Voting for the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1890-1964|year=1976|publisher=Australian National University|location=Canberra|isbn=0-7081-0301-4}} Wordsworth then won the by-election held in 1959 for the seat of Mulgrave after the death of Bob Watson[http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=1003651015 Watson, Mr Robert Hodgson (Bob)] — Queensland Parliament. Retrieved 2 June 2016. but he died in office in May the next year.
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{{s-bef|before= Harold Collins}}
{{s-ttl |title= Member for Cook|years=1950–1953}}
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{{s-ttl |title= Member for Mulgrave|years=1959–1960}}
{{s-aft|after=Roy Armstrong}}
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Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
Category:National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Queensland
Category:20th-century Australian politicians