Louis Joseph Barnes (13 January 1906 – 2 June 1983) was a member of the

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. Barnes was born at

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, the son of George Daniel Barnes and his wife Bridget Maria (née Gorey). He was educated at the Christian Brothers' College in Gympie and after leaving school was a tea merchant in 1932, a traveler for the

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and from 1947 until 1975 a men's Mercer at Beaudesert. On 24 April 1934 he married Muriel Eileen Burke and together had two sons. Later changing his middle name to Gabriel, Barnes died at

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in June 1983 and was buried in the Southport Lawn Cemetery.

Public career

Barnes, a member of the

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Labor Party, won the 1942 by-election for the seat of Cairns in the Queensland Legislative Assembly. The by-election was caused by the death of John O'Keefe in January of that year. He went on to represent the electorate until 1947 when he was defeated by Thomas Crowley at that year's state elections. After his defeat, Barnes was an alderman on the

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from 1949 until 1952. His brother, Frank Barnes, was the member for Bundaberg from 1941 to 1950.Barnes, John Francis (Frank)
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. Retrieved 13 May 2016.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Barnes, Louis Joseph Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1906 births 1983 deaths 20th-century Australian politicians