Eric Allpass

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| constituency_AM1 = Condamine

| assembly1 = Queensland Legislative

| term_start1 = 29 April 1950

| term_end1 = 7 March 1953

| predecessor1 = New seat

| successor1 = Les Diplock

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1889|9|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = Warwick, Queensland, Australia

| death_date = {{death date and age|1977|4|5|1889|9|21|df=y}}

| death_place = Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia

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| birthname = Frederic James Allpass

| spouse = Florence Marian Guille (m.1921)

| party = Country Party

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Frederic James "Eric" Allpass (21 September 1889 - 5 April 1977) 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=3321491703|accessdate=14 May 2016}}

Biography

Allpass was born in Warwick, Queensland, the son of Frederic William Allpass and his wife Isabel Jane (née Merry). He was educated at Laidley State School and on leaving school became a dairy farmer and grazier.

On the 21 November 1921 Allpass married Florence Marian Guille and together had a son and two daughters. He died in April 1977 at Toowoomba.

Public career

At the 1950 Queensland state election, Allpass won the new seat of Condamine for the Country Party, easily defeating his Labor opponent, Michael Lyons.{{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=14 May 2016 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}} In 1953 however, the new Labor candidate, Les Diplock, turned the tables and defeated Allpass.

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Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly

Category:1889 births

Category:1977 deaths

Category:20th-century Australian politicians

Category:People from Warwick, Queensland