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Gordon McIntosh
Senator for Western Australia
In office
18 May 1974 – 5 June 1987
Personal details
Born
Gordon Douglas McIntosh

(1925-05-29)29 May 1925
Glasgow, Scotland
Died10 March 2019(2019-03-10) (aged 93)
Perth, Western Australia
NationalityAustralian
Political partyAustralian Labor Party
OccupationMetal worker
Military service
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Branch/serviceRoyal Air Force
Years of service1946–1948

Gordon Douglas McIntosh (29 May 1925 – 10 March 2019) was a Scottish-born Australian politician.

Early life

Born in Glasgow, he was a toolmaker and served in the Royal Air Force from 1946 to 1948.[1] Having moved to Australia, he was president of the Western Australian branch of the Amalgamated Engineering Union, and later, following its amalgamation, vice-president of the Western Australian branch of the Amalgamated Metal Workers Union. In 1974, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Labor Senator for Western Australia. He held the seat until his retirement in 1987.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "McINTOSH, Gordon Douglas (1925– ) Senator for Western Australia, 1974–87 (Australian Labor Party)". The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  2. ^ Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Archived from the original on 23 July 2008. Retrieved 19 November 2008.
  3. ^ Valedictory Speech, Hansard, 5 June 1987