Douglas Tooth
{{Short description|Australian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix = The Honourable
|name = Sir Douglas Tooth
|honorific-suffix =
|image =
|caption =
| constituency_AM = Kelvin Grove
| assembly = Queensland Legislative
| term_start = 3 August 1957
| term_end = 28 May 1960
| predecessor = Bert Turner
| successor = Seat abolished
| constituency_AM1 = Ashgrove
| assembly1 = Queensland Legislative
| term_start1 = 28 May 1960
| term_end1 = 7 December 1974
| predecessor1 = New seat
| successor1 = John Greenwood
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1904|1|28|df=y}}
|birth_place = Barcaldine, Queensland, Australia
|death_date = {{death date and age|1982|7|3|1904|1|28|df=y}}
|death_place = Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
|restingplace =
|birthname = Seymour Douglas Tooth
|nationality = Australian
|party = Liberal Party
|otherparty =
|spouse =
|alma_mater = University of Queensland
| occupation = Teacher
| relations =
}}
Sir Seymour Douglas Tooth (28 January 1904 – 3 July 1982) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
Politics
Tooth was unsuccessful in contesting the 1956 election in the electoral district of Kelvin Grove as the candidate for the Liberal Party. He was defeated by the sitting Labor member, Bert Turner who had held the seat since 1941.
Tooth was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly in Kelvin Grove at the 1957 election, defeating Turner. Tooth held Kelvin Grove until 1960, at which that electorate was abolished being largely replaced by the new electoral district of Ashgrove. He successfully contested Ashgrove which he held until the 1974 election which he did not contest. The Liberal party retained Ashgrove in 1974, with the election of their candidate John Greenwood.{{Cite QldMLA|accessdate=29 January 2015}}{{Cite QldElectorate|accessdate=29 January 2015}}{{cite web|title=Tooth, Sir Seymour Douglas (Doug)|url=https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=3490074426|work=Re-Member Database|publisher=Queensland Parliament|accessdate=29 January 2015|archive-date=29 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150129163403/https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=3490074426|url-status=live}}
He was the Minister for Health from 14 April 1964 to 23 December 1974. He was knighted in 1975.
References
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{{s-ttl |title= Member for Kelvin Grove|years=1957–1960}}
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{{s-ttl |title= Member for Ashgrove|years=1960–1974}}
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Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
Category:Australian Knights Bachelor
Category:Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Queensland