Desmond John Frawley (23 September 1924 – 23 May 1996) was a

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and member of the

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Early days

Frawley was born in

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, to parents Stanley John Frawley and his wife Alice Mary (née Campbell). He attended

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, St Columban's College, and

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. Soon after leaving school he joined the

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where he served from 1942 to 1946. On his discharge he trained as an electrical mechanic under the Commonwealth Rehabilitation Scheme with the Public Works Department, Brisbane, for a period of three years. He then worked as a lift mechanic for 20 years with the

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in Brisbane. Finally, he went into business and owned Frawley Motors for 20 years.

Political career

Frawley, representing the Country Party (1972–74) (which became the National Party in 1974), won the seat of Murrumba in 1972. He held the seat until 1977 and then moved to the neighbouring seat of

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which he held from 1977 to 1983. He had previously been an alderman in the

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from 1967 until 1972.

Personal life

In 1944, Frawley married Laurell Irene Orford and together had three sons. He was a life member of the Queensland Amateur Athletics Association, and member of the Redcliffe Trotting Club. He was patron of the Queensland Veterans Athletics Association and was Queensland decathlon champion 1949–52 and Queensland pentathlon champion 1951–52. In 1937, while a student at Virginia State School he won the coveted Norman Grehan Trophy for athletics. He died in 1996 and was buried in Redcliffe Cemetery.Moreton Bay Region Cemeteries Database
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. Retrieved 21 February 2016.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Frawley, Des Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1924 births 1996 deaths National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Queensland 20th-century Australian politicians