Roland William Hislop (20 April 1884 – 30 May 1948) was a member of the

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Biography

Hislop was born in

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, the son of William Hislop and his wife Alice (née Toyne) and educated in Brisbane. He was a well-known furniture manufacturer and after he was finished in politics worked as a welfare officer with the Queensland Apprenticeships Committee. On 21 December 1909, he married Daisy Elizabeth Davidge (died 1953).Family history research
— Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 12 June 2016. Hislop died in May 1948 and was cremated at the

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Public career

Hislop won the seat of Sandgate for the Labor Party at the

1935 Queensland state election Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 11 May 1935 to elect the 62 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The Labor government of Premier William Forgan Smith was seeking a second term after having defeated the Count ...

, defeating James Kenny of the

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. He went on to hold the seat for six years before his defeat at the

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of the Country Party.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hislop, Roland William Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1884 births 1948 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland 20th-century Australian politicians