Patrick James "Paddy" Whyte (14 October 1894 – 16 October 1977) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Biography

Whyte was born in Mount Morgan,

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, the son of Andrew Patrick Whyte and his wife Mary (née O'Sullivan). He was educated at Mount Perry State School and Mount Morgan Convent School and by 1920 he was an engine driver, working out of

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. Later he was an employee at the

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. On 14 May 1932 he married Alice May Donnelly (died 1965)Family history research
— Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 9 April 2016. and together had one son (Patrick who died in May 1967) and one daughter Kath. Whyte died in

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in 1977 and was buried in the

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Retrieved 9 April 2016.

Public career

Whyte entered state politics as the member for the new seat of Mackenzie at the

1950 Queensland state election Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 29 April 1950 to elect the 75 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The Labor government was seeking its seventh continuous term in office since the 1932 election; it would be ...

He held it for six years before being defeated by the Country Party's Neville Hewitt in

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. He was also a councilor on the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Whyte, Patrick James Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1894 births 1977 deaths Burials at Nudgee Cemetery Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland 20th-century Australian politicians