Cecil Jesson
{{Short description|Australian politician}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix =
|name = Nugget Jesson
|honorific-suffix =
|image = Nugget Jesson - Queensland politician.png
|caption =
| constituency_AM1 = Kennedy
| assembly1 = Queensland Legislative
| term_start1 = 11 May 1935
| term_end1 = 29 April 1950
| predecessor1 = Arthur Fadden
| successor1 = Seat abolished
| alongside1 =
| constituency_AM2 = Hinchinbrook
| assembly12 = Queensland Legislative
| term_start2 = 29 April 1950
| term_end2 = 28 May 1960
| predecessor2 = New seat
| successor2 = John Row
| alongside2 =
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1899|7|7|df=y}}
|birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
|death_date = {{death date and age|1961|12|25|1899|7|7|df=y}}
|death_place = Indooroopilly, Queensland, Australia
|restingplace = Toowong Cemetery
|birthname = Cecil George Jesson
|nationality = Australian
|party = Labor
|otherparty =
|spouse = Dorothy J Harris (m.1922), Wilhelmina Mary Graham (m.1928 d.1975)
|known_for =
| occupation = Auctioneer
| relations =
| alma_mater =
}}
Cecil George "Nugget" Jesson (7 July 1899 – 25 December 1961) 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=528654797|accessdate=7 April 2016}}
Biography
Jesson was born in Sydney, New South Wales, the son of George Jesson and his wife Lillian Maude (née Jones). He married Dorothy J Harris in 1922 and they had one son. He then married Wilhelmina Mary Graham in 1928 and they had one son and four daughters.
He died in Brisbane on Christmas Day and was buried in the Toowong Cemetery.[https://graves.brisbane.qld.gov.au/ Deceased Search] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190308144748/https://graves.brisbane.qld.gov.au/ |date=8 March 2019 }} — Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
Public career
Jesson held the seat of Kennedy for the Labor Party in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1935 until 1950. He then held the new seat of Hinchinbrook from 1950 to 1960.
He was the government from 1950 until 1957 and opposition whip from 1957 to 1960.
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{{s-ttl |title= Member for Kennedy|years=1935–1950}}
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{{s-ttl |title= Member for Hinchinbrook|years=1950–1960}}
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Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
Category:Burials at Toowong Cemetery
Category:Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland