Norman Francis Jones (16 August 1932 – 21 April 2017), known as Gerry Jones, was an Australian politician. Born at
Roma
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Places Australia
* Roma, Queensland, a town
** Roma Airport
** Roma Courthouse
** Electoral district of Roma, defunct
** Town of Roma, defunct town, now part of the Maranoa Regional Council
*Roma Street, Brisbane, a ...
,
Queensland
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, he was a research assistant before becoming state organiser of the Queensland
Labor Party 1967–1972. He was elected to the
Legislative Assembly of Queensland
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as the member for
Everton at the
1972 state election, but was defeated in the landslide Labor loss of 1974. He was a Labor Party Executive Officer 1976–1977 and State Secretary 1977–1980.
In 1980, he was elected to the
Australian Senate
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as a Labor Senator for Queensland. He remained in the Senate until his retirement in 1996.
Following the announcement of the 1987 Senate election results, Jones was
one of four senators who received a three-year term as a
consequence of which method was chosen to allocate the seats.
He died on 21 April 2017.
Senate, 10 May 2017
Retrieved 23 May 2017
References
1932 births
2017 deaths
People from Roma, Queensland
Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Australia
Members of the Australian Senate for Queensland
Members of the Australian Senate
20th-century Australian politicians
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