Wilfrid Simmonds

Wilfrid Simmonds
MBE
Senator for Queensland
In office
22 February 1950  19 March 1951
Personal details
Born (1889-12-19)19 December 1889
Cairns, Queensland
Died 2 January 1967(1967-01-02) (aged 77)
Babinda, Queensland, Australia
Nationality Australian
Political party Liberal Party of Australia
Occupation Sugar grower

Wilfrid Mylchreest Simmonds, MBE (19 December 1889 – 2 January 1967) was an Australian politician. Born in Cairns, Queensland, he was educated at Mulgrave before becoming a sugar cane grower. After serving in the military 1917–1919, he sat on Mulgrave Shire Council. In 1949, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Liberal Senator for Queensland, although he retired before the next election in 1951. Simmonds died in 1967.[1]

References

  1. Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 2008-11-16.
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