Eric Shaw (politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Australian politician
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Place of Birth: Wynnum, Queensland, Australia
About Eric Shaw (politician)
- Eric Frank Shaw (born 12 January 1936) is a former Australian politician. He was born in Wynnum to Thomas Bourke Shaw and Edna Eileen (née Reese).
- He attended Manly State School, Wynnum State High School and Central Technical School, becoming a clerk with Eagers Motors in Newstead in 1950 and then an apprentice plumber for Alan Moore & Co.
- Later he was a water supply, health and sewerage inspector for Brisbane City Council, to which he was elected in 1967. A Labor member, he was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly in 1977 as the member for Wynnum.
- From 1982 he was Opposition Spokesman on Welfare, Aboriginal and Islander Affairs, moving to Local Government in January 1983 (to which Main Roads and Racing were added in November).
- In 1987 he lost his Labor endorsement and became an independent, retiring in 1989.
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