Patrick James Whyte

Paddy Whyte
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Mackenzie
In office
29 Apr 1950  19 May 1956
Preceded by New seat
Succeeded by Neville Hewitt
Personal details
Born Patrick James Whyte
(1894-10-14)14 October 1894
Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia
Died 16 October 1977(1977-10-16) (aged 83)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Resting place Nudgee Cemetery
Nationality Australian
Political party ALP
Spouse(s) Alice May Donnelly (m.1932 d.1965)
Occupation Engine driver
Religion Roman Catholic

Patrick James "Paddy" Whyte (14 October 1894 – 16 October 1977) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]

Biography

Whyte was born in Mount Morgan, Queensland, the son of Andrew Patrick Whyte and his wife Mary (née O'Sullivan).[1] He was educated at Mount Perry State School and Mount Morgan Convent School and by 1920 he was an engine driver, working out of Emerald. Later he was an employee at the Queensland Institute of Technology.[1]

On the 14th May 1932 he married Alice May Donnelly (died 1965)[2] and together had one daughter. Whyte died in Brisbane in 1977[1] and was buried in the Nudgee Cemetery.[3]

Public career

Whyte entered state politics as the member for the new seat of Mackenzie at the 1950 Queensland state election He held it for six years before being defeated by the Country Party's Neville Hewitt in 1956. He was also a councilor on the Emerald Shire Council.[1]

References

Parliament of Queensland
New seat Member for Mackenzie
19501956
Succeeded by
Neville Hewitt
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