Angelo Pietro Dante Bertoni (7 November 1933 – 31 March 2021) was an Australian politician who was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Biography

Bertoni was born at Ingham,

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, the son of Pietro Bertoni and his wife Rosalinda (née Ditali) He was educated at Ingham Roman Catholic School and Mount Carmel College in Charters Towers before attending the

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where he earned a diploma in pharmaceutics. He owned a pharmacy in Brisbane from 1956 until 1961 before moving to Mount Isa where he also owned a pharmacy. He married Fay Joan McEwen and together had five sons and two daughters.

Public career

Bertoni was a member of the Mount Isa City Council, including the city's Mayor from 1973 to 1975. He won the seat of Mount Isa for the National Party at the

1974 Queensland state election Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 7 December 1974 to elect the 82 members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland. The National-Liberal Coalition won a third consecutive victory under Joh Bjelke-Petersen, and the s ...

and held it till his defeat in 1983. He was the Minister for Health for three months in 1983.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bertoni, Angelo Pietro Dante 1933 births 2021 deaths Australian people of Italian descent Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Queensland People from North Queensland