Winston Noble
{{Short description|Australian politician}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=April 2016}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = The Honourable
| name = Winston Noble
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| image =
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| office = Minister for Health and Home Affairs
| term_start = 12 August 1957
| term_end = 26 September 1963
| predecessor = Bill Moore
| office1 = Minister for Health
| term_start1 = 26 September 1963
| term_end1 = 28 March 1964
| successor1 = Douglas Tooth
| constituency_AM2 = Yeronga
| assembly2 = Queensland Legislative
| term_start2 = 29 April 1950
| term_end2 = 28 March 1964
| predecessor2 = New seat
| successor2 = Norm Lee
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1909|7|5|df=y}}
| birth_place = Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
| death_date = {{death date and age|1964|3|28|1911|8|30|df=y}}
| death_place = Mooloolaba, Queensland, Australia
| restingplace = Mount Gravatt
| birthname = Henry Winston Noble
| nationality = Australian
| party = Liberal Party
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| spouse = {{marriage|Myra Edith Godwin|27 June 1936}}
| known_for =
| profession = Medical practitioner
| relations =
| alma_mater = University of Queensland, University of Sydney
| children = John, Robert, James, Prudence and Susan
}}
Henry Winston Noble (5 July 1909 – 28 March 1964) 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=1957037832|accessdate=30 April 2016}}
Biography
Noble was born at Brisbane, Queensland, the son of the Alexander Noble and his wife Alice Ann (née Wood). He was educated at Brisbane Grammar School and went on to the University of Queensland and the University of Sydney where he earned his MBBS. He became a resident medical officer in Sydney before heading back to Brisbane and working as a medical practitioner in Brisbane. In 1942 he joined the Australian Army and served in the 7th Field Ambulance, being discharged a year later with the rank of captain.[http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=A&veteranId=68292 NOBLE, HENRY WINSTON] — World War Two Nominal Roll. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
On 27 June 1936, Noble married Myra Edith Godwin and together had three sons and two daughters. He died of a heart attack at his holiday house at Mooloolaba in March 1964. He was accorded a state funeral and cremated at the Mt Thompson Crematorium.[http://www.heavenaddress.com/restingplace/henry-winston-noble/364223 Henry Winston Noble ( - 1964)] — Heaven Address. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
Public life
After losing to future Queensland Premier, Vince Gair for the seat of South Brisbane at the 1947 Queensland state election, Noble, for the Liberal Party, won the new seat of Yeronga at the 1950 Queensland state election{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49729516 |title=LATEST POLL FIGURES |newspaper=The Courier-mail |issue=4189 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=1 May 1950 |accessdate=1 May 2016 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}} and held the seat until his death in 1964. From 1957 until his death he was the Minister for Health and Home Affairs.
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Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
Category:Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Queensland
Category:University of Queensland alumni
Category:University of Sydney alumni
Category:20th-century Australian politicians