William Daniel Lickiss (31 July 1924 – 22 February 1993) was an Australian politician.

Early life

He was born in

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to William George Lickiss and Lillian Rita, ''née'' Green. He attended Clempton Park Public School and Canterbury Boys High School before the family moved to

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. He studied at the

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and became a draftsman with the Queensland Survey Office and then the Department of Territories in Darwin. During

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he served in the

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as a navigator and intelligence officer. Returning to Queensland, he farmed sugarcane and pineapples and joined the Liberal Party.

Political career

In 1963 he was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly as the member for

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. On 10 March 1975, he was appointed to the Cabinet as Minister for Survey, Valuation, Urban and Regional Affairs, with a further promotion to Attorney-General and Minister for Justice on 13 August 1976. He lost his Cabinet position in 1980 but became Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party in 1983, serving until 1986. In that year, after a redistribution split the seat of Mount Coot-tha, he became the first member for

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. He retired from politics in 1989.

Personal life

On 3 October 1975, he was awarded the

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for his efforts to rescue a soldier during the flooding in Brisbane the previous year. As at 1977, he was a Fellow of the Commonwealth Institute of Valuers, Australian Institute of Cartographers and the Royal Australian Planning Institute.. He is listed in the Ministry as "The Honourable William Daniel Lickiss, Q.G.M., F.C.I.V., F.A.I.C., Hon. F.R.A.P.I." Lickiss died in Brisbane in 1993.

References

1924 births 1993 deaths Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Queensland Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Recipients of the Queen's Gallantry Medal Attorneys-General of Queensland 20th-century Australian politicians Royal Australian Air Force personnel of World War II Royal Australian Air Force officers {{Australia-Liberal-politician-stub