Gerry Jones, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Gerry Jones

Australian politician

Date of Birth: 16-Aug-1932

Place of Birth: Roma, Queensland, Australia

Date of Death: 21-Apr-2017

Profession: politician

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Gerry Jones

  • Norman Francis Jones (16 August 1932 – 21 April 2017), known as Gerry Jones, was an Australian politician.
  • Born at Roma, Queensland, he was a research assistant before becoming state organiser of the Queensland Labor Party 1967–1972.
  • He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland as the member for Everton at the 1972 state election, but was defeated in the landslide Labor loss of 1974.
  • He was a Labor Party Executive Officer 1976–1977 and State Secretary 1977–1980.
  • In 1980, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Labor Senator for Queensland.
  • He remained in the Senate until his retirement in 1996.Following the announcement of the 1987 Senate election results, Jones was one of four senators who received a three-year term as a consequence of which method was chosen to allocate the seats.He died on 21 April 2017.

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