Sir Alan Whiteside Munro (23 May 1898 – 8 July 1968) was a member of the

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. He was the

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from 1963 until 1965.

Early life

Munro was born in

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, the son of George Whiteside and his wife Florence Emily Maude (née Schmidt).Family history research
— Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 24 April 2016. He attended

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and after finishing school he was a public servant for the federal government from 1913 until 1924 and then he took up

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for the rest of his career. He was a member of the Volunteer Defence Corps from 1941 to 1944 and chairman of the Queensland State Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants 1940–1942. Munro then became president of the Brisbane Chamber of Commerce from 1942–1944 and Chairman of Directors of

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Pty Ltd, from 1949–1950.

Political career

Munro, representing the

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, won the seat of

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at the

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, replacing the retiring member,

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. He held the seat until

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when he retired from politics to allow "younger men to take the reins". He served in several roles in the government of the day, including: * Attorney-General – 1957 * Minister for Justice and Attorney-General – 1957–1963 * Leader of the Liberal Party and Deputy Premier – 1962–1965 * Minister for Industrial Development – 1963–1965 He was awarded a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire on 12 Jun 1965 for his "distinguished and statesmanlike services to the state as a minister and parliamentarian".

Personal life

On 29 June 1921 Munro married Minnie Beryl Nicholson (died 1977) and together had two sons. One son, Sergeant Donald Whiteside Munro, died in

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while flying his Kittyhawk in 1942.MUNRO, DONALD WHITESIDE
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. Retrieved 24 April 2016. Munro died in Brisbane in July 1968 and was accorded a

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References

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