Roland Hislop | |
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Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Sandgate | |
In office 11 May 1935 – 29 March 1941 | |
Preceded by | Hubert Sizer |
Succeeded by | Eric Decker |
Personal details | |
Born | Roland William Hislop 20 April 1884 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
Died | 30 May 1948 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | (aged 64)
Political party | Labor |
Spouse | Daisy Elizabeth Davidge (m.1909 d.1953) |
Occupation | Furniture manufacturer |
Roland William Hislop (20 April 1884 – 30 May 1948) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]
Hislop was born in Brisbane, Queensland, the son of William Hislop and his wife Alice (née Toyne) and educated in Brisbane. He was a well-known furniture manufacturer and after he was finished in politics worked as a welfare officer with the Queensland Apprenticeships Committee.[1]
On 21 December 1909, he married Daisy Elizabeth Davidge[1] (died 1953).[2] Hislop died in May 1948[1] and was cremated at the Mt Thompson Crematorium.[3]
Hislop won the seat of Sandgate for the Labor Party at the 1935 Queensland state election, defeating James Kenny of the Country and Progressive National Party.[4] He went on to hold the seat for six years before his defeat at the 1941 Queensland state election by Eric Decker of the Country Party.[5]