Peter Byrne (13 June 1892 – 16 March 1974) was a member of the

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Early life

Byrne was born at

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, the son of Peter Byrne Snr and his wife Mary (née McCoy). He was educated at the

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State School and then attended

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in Brisbane. On leaving school he found work at the

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before becoming a canegrower in Tully from 1925. He was also a tax agent and, during the 1930s, helped many farmers who had been declared bankrupt get back on their feet again.Motion of Condolence
—

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. Retrieved 14 April 2016. On 7 May 1923 Byrne married Ellen Elsiba Imison but Ellen died just three years later,Family history research
— Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 14 April 2016. the marriage bring two sons. Six years after his first marriage Byrne married for a second time, to Amy Jean Scott on 4 November 1929 (died 1967) and together they had three daughters. Byrne died in March 1974 and was buried in the Pinnaroo Lawn Cemetery.Deceased Search
— Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search. Retrieved 14 April 2016.

Public life

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 ...

Byrne, for the Labor Party, won the new seat of Mourilyan. He was the member for Mourilyan until the

1969 Queensland state election Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 17 May 1969 to elect the 78 members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland. The Country-Liberal Coalition won its fifth consecutive victory since it won government in 1957. It wa ...

when he retired from politics.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Byrne, Peter Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1892 births 1974 deaths Burials at Pinnaroo Cemetery, Brisbane Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland 20th-century Australian politicians People educated at St Joseph's College, Nudgee