Vince Jones (politician)
{{Short description|Australian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
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| name = Vince Jones
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| image = VinceJonesMP.png
| caption = Vince Jones, 1950
| constituency_AM1 = Callide
| assembly1 = Queensland Legislative
| term_start1 = 29 Apr 1950
| term_end1 = 30 October 1971
| predecessor1 = New seat
| successor1 = Lindsay Hartwig
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1910|6|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = Barcaldine, Queensland, Australia
| death_date = {{death date and age|1971|10|30|1910|6|15|df=y}}
| death_place = Yeppoon, Queensland, Australia
| restingplace = North Rockhampton Cemetery
| birthname = Vincent Edward Jones
| spouse = Doris Elsie McNamara (m.1936)
| party = Country Party
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| occupation = Dairy farmer
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Vincent Edward Jones (15 June 1910 – 30 October 1971) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly in Australia.{{cite web|title=Former Members|publisher=Parliament of Queensland|year=2015| url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=3386993400|access-date=14 May 2016}}
Biography
Jones was born in Barcaldine, Queensland, the son of Frank Harold Jones and his wife Kathleen Clarke (née Ivers). He was educated at Kalapa State School at Kalapa, Queensland and on leaving school became a dairy farmer, pig raiser and breeder.
On 16 June 1936 Jones married Doris Elsie McNamara and together had a son and a daughter. He died in October 1971 at his home in Yeppoon and was buried in the North Rockhampton Cemetery.[http://www.rockhamptonregion.qld.gov.au/Council-Services/Cemeteries/Burial-Indexes Deceased search] — Rockhampton Regional Council. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
Public career
Jones started out in politics as an alderman on the Fitzroy Shire Council from 1944 to 1950.
At the 1950 Queensland state election, Jones won the new seat of Callide for the Country Party, easily defeating his Labor opponent, Patrick Moore.{{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 |access-date=14 May 2016 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}} He went on to represent the electorate until his death in 1971. Jones was the Chief Government Whip from 1960–1971.
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Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
Category:National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Queensland