Eric Frank Shaw (born 12 January 1936) is a former Australian politician. He was born in

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to Thomas Bourke Shaw and Edna Eileen (née Reese). He attended Manly State School,

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and Central Technical School, becoming a clerk with Eagers Motors in Newstead in 1950 and then an apprentice plumber for Alan Moore & Co. Later he was a water supply, health and sewerage inspector for

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, to which he was elected in 1967. A

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member, he was elected to the

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in 1977 as the member for

. From 1982 he was Opposition Spokesman on Welfare, Aboriginal and Islander Affairs, moving to Local Government in January 1983 (to which Main Roads and Racing were added in November). In 1987 he lost his Labor endorsement and became an

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, retiring in 1989.

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1936 births Living people Independent members of the Parliament of Queensland Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland {{Australia-Labor-Queensland-MP-stub