Sir Seymour Douglas Tooth (28 January 1904 — 3 July 1982) was a politician in

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, Australia. He was a

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Politics

Tooth was unsuccessful in contesting the 1956 election in the

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as the candidate for the

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. He was defeated by the sitting

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member, Bert Turner who had held the seat since 1941. Tooth was elected to the

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in Kelvin Grove at the 1957 election, defeating Turner. Tooth held Kelvin Grove until

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, at which that electorate was abolished being largely replaced by the new

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. He successfully contested Ashgrove which he held until the 1974 election which he did not contest. The Liberal party retained Ashgrove in 1974, with the election of their candidate John Greenwood. He was the Minister for Health from 14 April 1964 to 23 December 1974. He was knighted in 1975.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tooth, Douglas Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1904 births 1982 deaths Australian Knights Bachelor Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Queensland People from Queensland Politicians awarded knighthoods 20th-century Australian politicians