Walter Parsons (politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Walter Parsons (politician)

Australian politician

Date of Birth: 16-Aug-1881

Place of Birth: North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Date of Death: 02-Mar-1955

Profession: politician, shopkeeper

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Walter Parsons (politician)

  • Walter Langdon Parsons (16 August 1881 – 2 March 1955) was an Australian politician. Parsons was born at North Adelaide, the son of politician John Langdon Parsons and half-brother of Herbert Angas Parsons.
  • He was educated at Queen's School, Angaston Public School and Whinham College.
  • He worked for D & W Murray Limited from 1898, and in 1906 became a storekeeper in Gladstone, operating the Gladstone branch of F.
  • C.
  • Catt Specialty Stores.
  • He renamed the store the W.
  • L.
  • Parsons Stores in 1912.
  • In local government, Parsons was mayor of the Corporate Town of Gladstone from 1914 to 1916.
  • He attempted to enlist for World War I service on 1 November 1918, but was deferred at the recruiting depot.Parsons sold his Gladstone stores in 1919 and became a citrus grower at Paradise.
  • In January 1922, he bought E.
  • J.
  • Woodroffe's store in Kadina, and operated it as W.
  • Parsons & Co.
  • until closing the business in December 1925 upon his election to parliament.
  • He moved to Haldon Gardens (now in Kensington Park) by 1925, and served as a District Council of Burnside councillor for the Kensington Park Ward.
  • Parsons was also a lay reader of the Anglican Church for over 20 years, a member of the standing committees of the Willochra and later Adelaide dioceses, and a vice-president of the Demobilised Soldiers' Association.In 1925, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Nationalist member for Angas, defeating sitting Labor MP Moses Gabb.
  • He held the seat until his defeat by Gabb in 1929, whereupon he became an insurance agent.
  • Parsons died in 1955.

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